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Judges 12:1-3 The sins of anger
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 12:1-3 Chapter 12 begins with almost the same scene as chapter 8. The men of Ephraim, who consistently refused to take the lead in any attack against an enemy, once again picked a fight with the judge who saved their necks in order to sooth their shame.. But Gideon’s gentle […]
Ruth 2:21-23 She lived with her mother-in-law
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 2:21-23 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay close by to my workers until they have finished my harvest.’” “Finished” is an important word here. The harvest was going to continue for some time yet. At the end of the previous chapter, we were told […]
Judges 11:38-40 The fate of Jephthah’s daughter
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:38-40 38 “Go,” he said, and he let her go for two months. So she went with her friends and wandered on the mountains and mourned her virginity. 39 At the end of the two months, she returned to her father, and he kept the vow he had made about […]
Judges 11:36-37 The faith of Jephthah’s daughter
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:36-37 36 Then she said to him, “My father, you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have promised, for the LORD brought vengeance on your enemies, the Ammonites.” 37 “But permit me this one thing,” she said. “Let me wander two months through the […]
God’s Word for You – Judges 11:34-35 Jepththah’s sin
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:34-35 34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Oh! My […]
Judges 11:29-33 Jephthah’s vow
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:29-33 Jephthah’s Vow and Sacrifice 29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah. He advanced through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead. From there he crossed over to the Ammonites. This is the third time we have heard that the Spirit of the LORD came […]
Judges 11:23-28 When does God condone war?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:23-28 23 “Now, after the LORD God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, will you try to take possession? 24 Why not take whatever your god Chemosh gives you? And we can have whatever the LORD our God give to us! After laying out the […]
Judges 11:14-22 The negotiation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:14-22 14 Jephthah sent messengers back to the king of the Ammonites 15 saying, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites. 16 But when they came out of Egypt, Israel went through the desert to the Red Sea […]
Judges 11:9-13 Jephthah’s suzerain-vassal treaty
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:9-13 9 So Jephthah said to them, “If you are bringing me back to fight the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader.” 10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord is our witness if we do not do as you say.” […]
The Chronology of Judges – Judges 10:3-5
3 After him came Jair of Gilead, who judged Israel twenty-two years. 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. They governed thirty towns in Gilead, which are still called the Villages of Jair today. 5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon. These villages of Jair were originally captured by Jair’s […]
The Punishment of Sin – Judges 9:42-45
42 The next day the people of Shechem went into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech. 43 He took his troops, divided them into three companies, and set an ambush in the countryside. He watched, and as the people were coming out of the city he arose up and attacked them. 44 Abimelech […]
What We Owe Our Government
37 Then Gaal spoke again, “Look, troops are coming down from the central part of the land, and a company is coming from the direction of the Soothsayer’s Oak.” 38 Then Zebul said, “Where is your big mouth now? You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? ’ Aren’t these the troops you despised? […]
