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23. So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly Luz.)
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24. And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will show you mercy."
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25. So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
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26. And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.Incomplete Conquest of the Land
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26. And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
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Incomplete Conquest of the Land
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27. However, Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
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28. And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites under tribute, but did not completely drive them out.
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36. Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.
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4. So it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.
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5. Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.
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6. And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.Death of Joshua
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6. And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.
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Death of Joshua
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7. So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord which He had done for Israel.
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8. Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died when he was one hundred and ten years old.
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9. And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.
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10. When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.Israel's Unfaithfulness
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10. When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.
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Israel's Unfaithfulness
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11. Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals;
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12. and they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger.
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23. Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
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4. And they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
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5. Thus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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6. And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.Othniel
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6. And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons; and they served their gods.
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Othniel
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7. So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs.
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8. Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.
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9. When the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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9. When the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them:
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Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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10. The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.
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11. So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.Ehud
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11. So the land had rest for forty years. Then
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Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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Ehud
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12. And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.
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13. Then he gathered to himself the people of Ammon and Amalek, went and defeated Israel, and took possession of the City of Palms.
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14. So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
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15. But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
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16. Now Ehud made himself a dagger (it was double-edged and a cubit in length) and fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.
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15. But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them:
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Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
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16. Now
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Ehud made himself a dagger (it was double-edged and a cubit in length) and fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.
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17. So he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)
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18. And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who had carried the tribute.
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19. But he himself turned back from the stone images that were at Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king."
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He said, "Keep silence!" And all who attended him went out from him.
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20. So Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool private chamber). Then Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." So he arose from his seat.
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21. Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
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20. So
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Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool private chamber). Then
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Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." So he arose from his seat.
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21. Then
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Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
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22. Even the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the dagger out of his belly; and his entrails came out.
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23. Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
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23. Then
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Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
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24. When he had gone out, Eglon's servants came to look, and to their surprise, the doors of the upper room were locked. So they said, "He is probably attending to his needs in the cool chamber."
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25. So they waited till they were embarrassed, and still he had not opened the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them. And there was their master, fallen dead on the floor.
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26. But Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah.
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26. But
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Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah.
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27. And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the mountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountains; and he led them.
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28. Then he said to them, "Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him, seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
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29. And at that time they killed about ten thousand men of Moab, all stout men of valor; not a man escaped.
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30. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.Shamgar
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31. After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.
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30. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.
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Shamgar
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31. After him was
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Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.
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2. So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth Hagoyim.
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3. And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel.
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4. Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
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5. And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
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4. Now
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Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
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5. And she would sit under the palm tree of
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Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
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6. Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, "Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, 'Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;
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7. and against you I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude at the River Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hand'?"
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8. And Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!"
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9. So she said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
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10. And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with him.
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9. So she said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Then
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Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
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10. And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and
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Deborah went up with him.
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11. Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, which is beside Kedesh.
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12. And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
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13. So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.
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14. Then Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
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14. Then
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Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
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15. And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.
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16. But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.
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24. And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
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So the land had rest for forty years.
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7. And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord because of the Midianites,
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8. that the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'I brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage;
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9. and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land.
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10. Also I said to you, "I am the Lord your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not obeyed My voice.' "Gideon
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10. Also I said to you, "I am the Lord your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not obeyed My voice.' "
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Gideon
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11. Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.
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11. Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son
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Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.
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12. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!"
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13. Gideon said to Him, "O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites."
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Gideon said to Him, "O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites."
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14. Then the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?"
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18. Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You."
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And He said, "I will wait until you come back."
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19. So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them.
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19. So
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Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them.
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20. The Angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so.
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21. Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.
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22. Now Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face."
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22. Now
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Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So
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Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face."
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23. Then the Lord said to him, "Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die."
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24. So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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24. So
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Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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25. Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, "Take your father's young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it;
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26. and build an altar to the Lord your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement, and take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the image which you shall cut down."
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27. So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him. But because he feared his father's household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal
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27. So
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Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him. But because he feared his father's household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.
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Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal
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28. And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, there was the altar of Baal, torn down; and the wooden image that was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was being offered on the altar which had been built.
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29. So they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And when they had inquired and asked, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."
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29. So they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And when they had inquired and asked, they said, "
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Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."
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30. Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has torn down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the wooden image that was beside it."
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31. But Joash said to all who stood against him, "Would you plead for Baal? Would you save him? Let the one who would plead for him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead for himself, because his altar has been torn down!"
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32. Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal plead against him, because he has torn down his altar."
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33. Then all the Midianites and Amalekites, the people of the East, gathered together; and they crossed over and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.
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34. But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon; then he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him.
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35. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.The Sign of the Fleece
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35. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
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36. So Gideon said to God, "If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said--
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Gideon said to God, "If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said--
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37. look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said."
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38. And it was so. When he rose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.
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39. Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew."
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Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew."
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40. And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground.
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25. And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
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19. Then he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you."
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20. And he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise, kill them!" But the youth would not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.
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21. So Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself, and kill us; for as a man is, so is his strength." So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels' necks.Gideon's Ephod
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21. So Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself, and kill us; for as a man is, so is his strength." So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
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22. Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian."
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26. Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels' necks.
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27. Then Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot with it there. It became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
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28. Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. And the country was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon.Death of Gideon
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28. Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. And the country was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon.
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Death of Gideon
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29. Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
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30. Gideon had seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives.
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35. nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) in accordance with the good he had done for Israel.
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@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Abimelech's Conspiracy
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3. And his mother's brothers spoke all these words concerning him in the hearing of all the men of Shechem; and their heart was inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our brother."
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4. So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men; and they followed him.
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5. Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.
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6. And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem.The Parable of the Trees
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6. And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem.
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The Parable of the Trees
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7. Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them:
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"Listen to me, you men of Shechem,
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@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ And devour the cedars of Lebanon!'
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18. but you have risen up against my father's house this day, and killed his seventy sons on one stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother--
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19. if then you have acted in truth and sincerity with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.
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20. But if not, let fire come from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and Beth Millo; and let fire come from the men of Shechem and from Beth Millo and devour Abimelech!"
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21. And Jotham ran away and fled; and he went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.Downfall of Abimelech
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21. And Jotham ran away and fled; and he went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
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Downfall of Abimelech
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22. After Abimelech had reigned over Israel three years,
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23. God sent a spirit of ill will between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
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@@ -102,3 +106,4 @@ But Zebul said to him, "You see the shadows of the mountains as if they were men
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57. And all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
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Tola
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# Chapter 10
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1. After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim.
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2. He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.Jair
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1. After Abimelech there arose to save Israel
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Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim.
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2. He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.
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Jair
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3. After him arose
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Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
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4. Now he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, which are called "Havoth
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Jair" to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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5. And
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Jair died and was buried in Camon.
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Israel Oppressed Again
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3. After him arose Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
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4. Now he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, which are called "Havoth Jair" to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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5. And Jair died and was buried in Camon.Israel Oppressed Again
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6. Then the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him.
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7. So the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the people of Ammon.
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@@ -27,3 +35,4 @@ Tola
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18. And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, "Who is the man who will begin the fight against the people of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
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@@ -1,29 +1,46 @@
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Jephthah
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# Chapter 11
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1. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.
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2. Gilead's wife bore sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, "You shall have no inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman."
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3. Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.
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||||
1. Now
|
||||
Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot
|
||||
Jephthah.
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2. Gilead's wife bore sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove
|
||||
Jephthah out, and said to him, "You shall have no inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman."
|
||||
3. Then
|
||||
Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with
|
||||
Jephthah and went out raiding with him.
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4. It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.
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5. And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
|
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6. Then they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon."
|
||||
5. And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get
|
||||
Jephthah from the land of Tob.
|
||||
6. Then they said to
|
||||
Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon."
|
||||
|
||||
7. So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?"
|
||||
7. So
|
||||
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?"
|
||||
|
||||
8. And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
|
||||
8. And the elders of Gilead said to
|
||||
Jephthah, "That is why we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
|
||||
|
||||
9. So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?"
|
||||
9. So
|
||||
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?"
|
||||
|
||||
10. And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words."
|
||||
11. Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
|
||||
10. And the elders of Gilead said to
|
||||
Jephthah, "The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words."
|
||||
11. Then
|
||||
Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them; and
|
||||
Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
|
||||
|
||||
12. Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, "What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against me in my land?"
|
||||
12. Now
|
||||
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, "What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against me in my land?"
|
||||
|
||||
13. And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peaceably."
|
||||
13. And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of
|
||||
Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peaceably."
|
||||
|
||||
14. So Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon,
|
||||
15. and said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon;
|
||||
14. So
|
||||
Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon,
|
||||
15. and said to him, "Thus says
|
||||
Jephthah: 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon;
|
||||
16. for when Israel came up from Egypt, they walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
|
||||
17. Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please let me pass through your land." But the king of Edom would not heed. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained in Kadesh.
|
||||
18. And they went along through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, came to the east side of the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
|
||||
@@ -37,16 +54,25 @@ Jephthah
|
||||
25. And now, are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Did he ever fight against them?
|
||||
26. While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities along the banks of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?
|
||||
27. Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you wronged me by fighting against me. May the Lord, the Judge, render judgment this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon.' "
|
||||
28. However, the king of the people of Ammon did not heed the words which Jephthah sent him.Jephthah's Vow and Victory
|
||||
28. However, the king of the people of Ammon did not heed the words which
|
||||
Jephthah sent him.
|
||||
Jephthah's Vow and Victory
|
||||
|
||||
29. Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon.
|
||||
30. And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, "If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands,
|
||||
|
||||
29. Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon
|
||||
Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon.
|
||||
30. And
|
||||
Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, "If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands,
|
||||
31. then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering."
|
||||
|
||||
32. So Jephthah advanced toward the people of Ammon to fight against them, and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
|
||||
33. And he defeated them from Aroer as far as Minnith--twenty cities--and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.Jephthah's Daughter
|
||||
32. So
|
||||
Jephthah advanced toward the people of Ammon to fight against them, and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
|
||||
33. And he defeated them from Aroer as far as Minnith--twenty cities--and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
|
||||
Jephthah's Daughter
|
||||
|
||||
34. When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
|
||||
|
||||
34. When
|
||||
Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
|
||||
35. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot go back on it."
|
||||
|
||||
36. So she said to him, "My father, if you have given your word to the Lord, do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, because the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the people of Ammon."
|
||||
@@ -55,6 +81,9 @@ Jephthah
|
||||
38. So he said, "Go." And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.
|
||||
39. And it was so at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he carried out his vow with her which he had vowed. She knew no man.
|
||||
And it became a custom in Israel
|
||||
40. that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
|
||||
|
||||
40. that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to lament the daughter of
|
||||
Jephthah the Gileadite.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Jephthah's Conflict with Ephraim
|
||||
5. The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites arrived. And when any Ephraimite who escaped said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead would say to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"
|
||||
6. then they would say to him, "Then say, 'Shibboleth'!" And he would say, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.
|
||||
|
||||
7. And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried among the cities of Gilead.Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
|
||||
7. And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried among the cities of Gilead.
|
||||
Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
8. After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
|
||||
9. He had thirty sons. And he gave away thirty daughters in marriage, and brought in thirty daughters from elsewhere for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
|
||||
@@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ Jephthah's Conflict with Ephraim
|
||||
15. Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountains of the Amalekites.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ And He said, "I am."
|
||||
25. And the Spirit of the Lord began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ You would not have solved my riddle!"
|
||||
20. And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Then Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves."
|
||||
14. When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. Then the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his hands.
|
||||
15. He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
|
||||
16. Then Samson said:
|
||||
"With the jawbone of a donkey,
|
||||
"
|
||||
With the jawbone of a donkey,
|
||||
Heaps upon heaps,
|
||||
With the jawbone of a donkey
|
||||
I have slain a thousand men!"
|
||||
@@ -42,3 +43,4 @@ I have slain a thousand men!"
|
||||
20. And he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head into the web of the
|
||||
20. And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" So he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!" But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.
|
||||
|
||||
21. Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.
|
||||
22. However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.Samson Dies with the Philistines
|
||||
22. However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.
|
||||
Samson Dies with the Philistines
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
23. Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said:
|
||||
"Our god has delivered into our hands
|
||||
@@ -57,3 +59,4 @@ And the one who multiplied our dead."
|
||||
31. And his brothers and all his father's household came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ So he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to
|
||||
13. Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!"
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ The Danites Adopt Micah's Idolatry
|
||||
24. So he said, "You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you have gone away. Now what more do I have? How can you say to me, 'What ails you?' "
|
||||
|
||||
25. And the children of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry men fall upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household!"
|
||||
26. Then the children of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.Danites Settle in Laish
|
||||
26. Then the children of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
|
||||
Danites Settle in Laish
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
27. So they took the things Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
|
||||
28. There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth Rehob. So they rebuilt the city and dwelt there.
|
||||
@@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ The Danites Adopt Micah's Idolatry
|
||||
31. So they set up for themselves Micah's carved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ The Levite's Concubine
|
||||
19. although we have both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for myself, for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything."
|
||||
|
||||
20. And the old man said, "Peace be with you! However, let all your needs be my responsibility; only do not spend the night in the open square."
|
||||
21. So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.Gibeah's Crime
|
||||
21. So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
|
||||
Gibeah's Crime
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22. As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city, perverted men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came to your house, that we may know him carnally!"
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ The Levite's Concubine
|
||||
30. And so it was that all who saw it said, "No such deed has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. Consider it, confer, and speak up!"
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ And the Lord said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand."
|
||||
But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways."
|
||||
33. So all the men of Israel rose from their place and put themselves in battle array at Baal Tamar. Then Israel's men in ambush burst forth from their position in the plain of Geba.
|
||||
34. And ten thousand select men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not know that disaster was upon them.
|
||||
35. The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword.
|
||||
35.
|
||||
The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword.
|
||||
|
||||
36. So the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to the Benjamites, because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.
|
||||
37. And the men in ambush quickly rushed upon Gibeah; the men in ambush spread out and struck the whole city with the edge of the sword.
|
||||
@@ -66,3 +67,4 @@ But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city t
|
||||
48. And the men of Israel turned back against the children of Benjamin, and struck them down with the edge of the sword--from every city, men and beasts, all who were found. They also set fire to all the cities they came to.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Wives Provided for the Benjamites
|
||||
25. In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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