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The book of Judges, found in the Old Testament of the Catholic Bible, is a fascinating account of the history of Israel during the period of the judges. It begins with the death of Joshua and spans nearly four hundred years, during which the Israelites faced numerous challenges and struggles.
The book of Judges starts with a reminder of God’s promises to the Israelites and their need to remain faithful to him. However, as the book unfolds, we see a cycle of disobedience, punishment, repentance, and deliverance repeated over and over again. The Israelites continually fell into idolatry and forgot their covenant with God. As a result, God allowed their enemies to oppress them, causing them great suffering.
God then raised up judges, or leaders, to deliver the Israelites from their oppressors. Each judge had a unique role and a specific task to fulfill. Some of the more famous judges include Deborah, Gideon, Samson, and Jephthah. They led the people in battle, provided them with spiritual guidance, and helped restore order and justice in the land.
However, the judges themselves were not perfect. They too succumbed to human weaknesses and sometimes led the people astray. It is a reminder that even the most righteous among us are flawed and in need of God's mercy and grace.
The book of Judges ultimately points to the need for a king who would bring stability and unity to the people of Israel. It foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, the true King and Savior, who would establish a new covenant with all humanity.
Overall, the book of Judges serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness, even when his people repeatedly turned away from him. It shows us the consequences of disobedience and the power of repentance and forgiveness. Through the examples of the judges, we are reminded of the need for strong leadership and the importance of remaining faithful to God's commandments.
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Judges chapter 1 now after Joshua's death the Israelites consulted Yahweh
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asking which of us is to march on the Canaanites first to make war on them and
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Yahweh replied Judah is to march on them first I am delivering the country into
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his hands Judah then said to his brother Simeon march with me into the territory
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allotted to me we shall make war on the Canaanites and then I in my turn shall
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March into your territory with you and Simeon marched with him so Judah marched
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on them and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and perizzites into their hands and they defeated them at bezak
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10,000 of them at bezak They Came Upon adoni bezic they joined battle with him
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and defeated the Canaanites and perizzites Adon bezic took to flight but
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they chased and captured him and cut off his thumbs and big toes Adon bezic said
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70 Kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up the crumbs under my table as I did God does to me he was
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taken to Jerusalem and there he died the sons of Judah attacked Jerusalem and
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took it they put its people to the sword and set fire to the city after this the
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sons of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites who were living in the highlands the neg and the L lands Judah
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next marched on the Canaanites living in Hein the name of Hein in olden days was
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Kirara and beat sheshi aiman and talai from there he marched on the inhabitants
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of deir the name of debir in olden days was kirth sephr Caleb said to the man
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who conquers and captures kirth sephr I shall give my daughter AXA as wife
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the man who captured it was anneal son of kenas younger brother of Caleb who
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gave him his daughter AXA as wife when she arrived he urged her to ask her
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father for arable land but when she alighted from the donkey in Caleb as her
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what is the matter she said to him grant me a blessing as the land you have given me is the neg give me Springs of water
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too so Caleb gave her what she wanted the upper Springs and the lower Springs
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the sons of hobab the kenite father-in-law of Moses marched up with the sons of Judah from the city of palm
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trees into the desert of Judah lying in the negib of Arad where they went and settled among the people Judah then set
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out with his brother Simeon they beat the Canaanites who lived in
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zepthia Judah then captured Gaza and its territory ashalon and its territory
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ekran and and its territory and Yahweh was with Judah who made himself Master of the Highlands he could not however
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dispossess the inhabitant of the plane since they had iron chariots as Moses
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had directed Hein was given to Caleb and he drove the three sons of anak out of
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it as regards the jebusites living in Jerusalem the sons of Benjamin did not
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dispossess them and the jebusites have been living in Jerusalem with the sons of Benjamin ever since similarly the the
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house of Joseph marched on bethl and Yahweh was with them the house of Joseph
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made a reconnaissance of bethl in olden days the name of the town was
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lse the Scout saw a man coming out of the town and said to him show us how to
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get into the town and we shall show you Faithful love and when he had shown them away into the town they put the town to
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the sword but let the man and his whole clan go the man went off to the country of the Hittites and built a town which
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he called L and that has been its name ever since manasse did not dispossess
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Beth Sheen in its dependencies nor tanic and its dependencies nor the inhabitants
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of dor and its dependencies nor the inhabitants of IIM and its dependencies
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nor the inhabitants of megiddo and its dependencies in those parts the Canaanites held their ground but when
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the Israelites became stronger they subjected the Canaanites to force labor
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although they did not dispossess them nor did Ephraim dispossess the Canaanites living in gazer thus the
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Canaanites went on living in gazer with him zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of kitron or of nahalal the
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Canaanites lived on with zebulun but were subjected to forced labor Asher did
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not dispossess the inhabitants of AKO nor those of sidon of Mahal of aib of
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helah of AEK or of rehab so the ash rites lived among the Canaanite
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inhabitants of the country not having dispossessed them napali did not
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dispossess the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or of bethan they settled among the Canaanite inhabitants of the country
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but the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of bethan were subjected to force labor for them the amorites drove the danitz
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back into the highlands and would not let them come down into the plane the amorites held their ground at har heas
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and sha beam but when the hand of the House of Joseph grew heavier they were subjected to forced labor the territory
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of the begins at the ascent of scorpions runs to the Rock and continues
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on
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upwards Judges chapter 2 the angel of Yahweh went up from gilgal to bethl and
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said I have brought you out of Egypt and led you into this country which I promised on oath to your ancestors I
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said I shall never break my Covenant with you you for your part must make no
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Covenant with the inhabitants of this country you will destroy their altars
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but you have not listened to my voice what is the reason for this very well I
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now say this I am not going to drive these nations out before you they will
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become your oppressors and their gods will be a snare for you when the angel
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of Yahweh had spoken these words to all the Israelites the people began to wail at the top of
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their voices and they called the place botam and offered sacrifices to Yahweh
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there Joshua having dismissed the people the Israelites then went away each one
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to his own Heritage to occupy the country the people served Yahweh throughout the lifetime of Joshua and
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throughout the lifetime of those Elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the great Deeds which Yahweh had done
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for the sake of Israel Joshua son of nun servant of Yahweh was 110 years old when
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he died he was buried on the estate which he had received as his Heritage at Timnath haras in the highlands of
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Ephraim north of Mount gash and when that whole generation had been gathered to its ancestors another generation
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followed it which knew neither Yahweh nor the Deeds which he had done for the sake of Israel the Israelites then did
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what is evil in yahweh's eyes and served the Bales they deserted Yahweh god of
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their ancestors who had brought them out of Egypt and they followed other gods
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from those of the surrounding peoples they bowed down to these they provoked
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Yahweh they deserted Yahweh to serve ball and estaris then yahweh's anger
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grew hot against Israel he handed them over to pillagers who plundered them he
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delivered them to the enemy surrounding them and they were no longer able to resist their enemies whenever they
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mounted an expedition yahweh's hand was there to foil them as Yahweh had told
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them and as Yahweh had sworn to them so that they were in dire distress Yahweh
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then appointed them judges who rescued them from the hands of their plunderers
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but even to their judges they refused to listen they prostituted themselves to
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other gods and bowed down before these very quickly they left the path which
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their ancestors had trotten in obedience to the orders of Yahweh they did not follow their example when Yahweh
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appointed judges for them Yahweh was with the judge and rescued them from the hands of their enemies as long as the
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judge lived since Yahweh relented at their groans under their persecutors and oppressors but once the judge was dead
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they relapsed into even worse corruption than their ancestors they followed other gods they served them and bowed before
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them and would not give up the practices and stubborn ways of their ancestors at all yahweh's anger then blazed out
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against Israel and he said said since this people has broken the Covenant which I laid down for their ancestors
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since they have not listened to my voice in future I shall not drive before them any one of those Nations which Joshua
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left when he died in order by means of them to put Israel to the test to see
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whether or not they would tread the paths of Yahweh as once their ancestors had trotten them hence Yahweh allowed
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these nations to remain he did not hurry to drive them out and did not deliver them into the hands of Joshua
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Judges chapter 3 these are the Nations which Yahweh allowed to remain by their
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means to put all those Israelites to the test who had not experienced any of the Canaanite Wars this was only to instruct
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the Israelites descendants to teach them The Art of War those at least who had not experienced it previously the five
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Chiefs of the Philistines all the Canaanites the sidonians and the Hittites who live in the range of the
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Lebanon from the Uplands of ball Herman to the pass of hameth they were used to
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put Israel to the test and see if they would keep the orders which Yahweh had given their ancestors through Moses the
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Israelites lived among the Canaanites Hittites and amorites the perizzites
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hivites and jebusites they married their daughters they gave their own Sons to their
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daughters and they serve their gods the Israelites did what is evil in yahweh's
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eyes they forgot Yahweh their God and served baales and isurus then yahweh's
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anger blazed out against Israel he handed them over to kashen rathame King of Edom and the Israelites were enslaved
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to kashen rathame for 8 years the Israelites then cried to Yahweh and Yahweh raised for the Israelites a
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deliverer who rescued them annal son of kenas Caleb's younger brother the spirit
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of Yahweh was on him he became judge in Israel and set out for war Yahweh
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delivered kashen rathame king of Edom into his hands and he triumphed over kashen rathame the country then had
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peace for 40 years anneal son of kenas then died again the Israelites began
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doing what is evil in yahweh's eyes and Yahweh strengthened eglon king of Moab
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against Israel since they were doing what is evil in yahweh's eyes Egon in
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conjunction with the sons of Ammon and amalec marched on Israel beat them and captured the city of palm trees the
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Israelites were enslaved to eglon King of Moab for 18 years the Israelites then
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cried to Yahweh and Yahweh raised a deliverer for them AUD son of Gara a
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benjaminite he was left-handed the Israelites appointed him to take their tribute to eglon King of Moab ahud made
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himself a dagger it was double-edged and a foot long and strapped it under his clothes on his right thigh he presented
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Ed the tribute to eglon King of Moab this eglon was a very fat man having
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presented the tribute eud sent away the men who had been carrying it but he himself on reaching the idols which are
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near gilgal went back and said I have a secret message for you oh King The King
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commanded silence and all his attendants withdrew aood went up to him he was
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sitting in his private room upstairs where it was cool ahud said to him I
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have a message from God for you oh King the latter immediately Rose from his
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seat then aood reaching with his left hand drew the dagger he was carrying on
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his right thigh and thrust it into the king's belly the hilt too went in after the blade and the fat closed over the
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blade since aood did not pull the dagger out of his belly again ahoud went out
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through the privies having shut and bolted the doors of the upstairs room behind him when he had gone the servants
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came back and looked the doors of the upstairs room were bolted they thought
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he is probably covering his feet in the inner part of the cool room they waited until they became embarrassed but still
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he did not open the doors of the upstairs room eventually they took the key and opened the door and there lay
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their Master dead on the ground meanwhile AUD had got away past the
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idols and made good his escape to Safety in Syra once there he sounded the horn
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in the highlands of Ephraim and the Israelites came down from the hills with him at their head and he said to them
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follow me because Yahweh has delivered your enemy Moab into your hands so they
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followed him seized the Fords of the Jordan against Moab and Allowed no one to cross on that occasion they beat the
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moabites some 10,000 men all tough and seasoned Fighters and not one escaped
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that day Moab was humbled under the hand of Israel and the country had peace for 80 years after him came shamgar son of
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anath he routed 600 of the Philistines with an ox go he too was a deliverer of
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Israel Judges chapter 4 Once aood Was Dead the Israelites again began doing
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what is evil in yahweh's eyes and Yahweh handed them over to jabine King of Canaan who reigned at hazer the
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commander of his army was Cera who lived in heret hagoyim the Israelites then
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cried to Yahweh for jabin had 900 iron chariots and had cruy oppressed the
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Israelites for 20 years Deborah a prophetess wife of lapidoth was judging
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Israel at the time she used to sit under Deborah's Palm between Rama and bethl in
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the Highlands of Ephraim and the Israelites would come to her for justice she sent for barack's Son of abinoam
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from cadesh and naph and said to him has not Yahweh God of Israel commanded go
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march to mount Taber and with you take 10,000 of the sons of naph and the sons
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of zebulun I shall entice cicera the commander of jabin's army to encounter
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you at the torrent of kishen with his chariots and troops and I shall put him into your power Barack replied if you
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come with me I shall go if you will not come I shall not go for I do not know
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how to choose the day when the angel of Yahweh will grant me success I shall go with you then she said but the way you
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are going about it the glory will not be yours for Yahweh will deliver cesera
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into the hands of a woman Deborah then stood up and went with Barack to cadesh
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Barack summoned zebulun and naftali 10,000 men marched behind him and
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Deborah went with him hebra the kenite had parted company with the tribe of Cain and with the sons of hobab
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father-in-law of Moses he had pitched his tent near the oak of zanam not far
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from cadesh cicera was informed that barack's son of abon Noam had encamped
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on Mount tabber cicera summoned all his chariots 900 iron chariots and all the
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troops he had from hareseth Hao to the torrent of kishen Deborah said to Barack
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up for today is the day when Yahweh has put cicera into your power is not Yahweh
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marching at your head and Barack charged down from Mount Taber with 10,000 men
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behind him at barack's Advance Yahweh struck Terror into cicera all his
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chariots and his entire Army cicera leapt down from his Chariot and fled on
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foot Barack pursued the Chariots and the Army as far as harth haam cis's whole
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Army fell by the edge of the sword not one man was spared Cera meanwhile fled
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on foot towards the tent of JL the wife of Heber the kenite for there was peace
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between jabin king of hazer and the family of Heber the kenite jel came out
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to meet cesera and said to him stay here my Lord with me do not be afraid he
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stayed with her in her tent and she covered him with with a rug he said to her please give me a little water to
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drink for I am thirsty she opened the skin of milk gave him some to drink and
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covered him up again then he said to her stand at the tent door and if anyone
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comes and questions you if he asks is there a man here say no but JL the wife
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of Heber took a tent Peg and picked up a mallet she crept up softly to him and drove the peg into his Temple right
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through to the ground he was lying fast asleep worn out and so he died and now
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Barack came up in pursuit of cicara JL went out to meet him and said come in
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and I will show you the man you are looking for he went into her tent and there was sisera dead with a tent Peg
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through his Temple thus God that day humbled jabine king of Canaan before the
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Israelites and the Israelites bore down more and more heavily on that king of of Canaan jabine until he was utterly
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[Music] destroyed Judges chapter 5 they sang a
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song that day Deborah and Barack son of abono and the words were that the
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Warriors in Israel Unbound their hair that the people came forward with a will bless yway listen you Kings give ear you
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princes from me from me comes a song for Yahweh I shall glorify Yahweh God of
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Israel Yahweh when you set out from seir when you marched from the field of Edom
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the Earth shook the heavens pelted the clouds pelted down water the mountains
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melted before Yahweh of Si before Yahweh God of Israel in the days of shamgar son
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of anath in the days of JL there were no more Caravans those who went forth on on
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their travels took their way Along by paths the villages in Israel were no more they were no more until you arose
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oh Deborah until you arose mother of Israel they were choosing New Gods when
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war was at the gates was there one Shield one spear to be found among the
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40,000 men in Israel my heart is with the leaders of Israel with the people
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who came forward with a will bless Yahweh you who rise white donkeys and
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sit on Saddle blankets as you ride and you who go on foot sing to the sound of
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the Shepherds at the watering places there they exall yahweh's blessings his
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saving acts for his villages in Israel then yahweh's people march down to the
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gates awake awake Deborah awake awake
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declaim a song Take heart to your feet Barack capture your captors son of abon
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Noam then Israel marched down to the gates like Champions yahweh's people
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marched down to fight for him the princes of Ephraim are in the valley
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behind you Benjamin is in your ranks captains have come down from Air those
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who wield the commander staff from zebulun the princes of issachar are with
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Deborah naftali with Barack in the valley follows in Hot Pursuit in the
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clans of r Reuben there was much searching of heart why did you stay among the sheepfolds listening for the
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whistle with the flocks in the clans of Reuben there was much searching of heart
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Gilead stayed on the other side of the Jordan and why should Dan have stayed aboard ship Asher remained beside the
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sea peacefully living within his ports zebulun is a people who have braved
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death nafty too on The High Ground of the country the kings came and they
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fought how they fought those kings of Canaan at tanak near the Waters of
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megiddo but no booty of silver did they take the Stars fought from heaven from
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their orbits they fought against cicera the torrent of kishen swept them away
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the torrent of old the torrent of kishen March on be strong my soul the hores
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Hooves then Hammer the ground Galloping Galloping go his steeds
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curse marz said the angel of Yahweh curse curse the people living there for
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not having come to yahweh's help to yahweh's help as Warriors Most Blessed
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of women be JL the wife of hebra the kenite of tent dwelling women may she be
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Most Blessed he asked for water she gave him milk she offered him curds and a
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lordly dish she reached her hand out to seize the peg her right hand to seize
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the workman's mallet she hammered cesera she crushed his head she pierced his
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Temple and shattered it between her feet he crumpled he fell he lay at her feet
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he crumpled he fell where he crumpled there he fell destroyed at the window
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she leans and watches cis's mother through the lattice why is his Chariot
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so long coming why so delayed the hoof Beats from his Chariot the wisest of her
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ladies answers and she to herself repeats are they not collecting and sharing out the spoil a girl two girls
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for each Warrior a booty of colored and embroidered stuff for cicera one scarf
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two embroidered scarves for me so perish all your enemies Yahweh and let those
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who love you be like the son when he emerges in all his strength and the country had peace for 40 years
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Judges chapter 6 the Israelites did what is evil in yahweh's eyes and for 7 years
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Yahweh handed them over to Midian and Midian bore down heavily on Israel to
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escape from the midianites the Israelites used the mountain Cliffs and the caves and shelters whenever Israel
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sowed seed the midianites would March up with amalec and the sons of the East
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they would march on Israel they would pitch camp on their territory and and destroy the produce of the country as
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far as Gaza they left Israel nothing to live on not a sheep or an ox or a donkey
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for they came up as thick as locusts with their cattle and their tents they and their camels were innumerable they
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invaded the country to pillage it thus Midian brought Israel to Great distress
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and the Israelites cried to Yahweh when the Israelites cried to Yahweh because of Midian Yahweh sent a prophet to the
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Israelites he said to them this is what Yahweh God of Israel says it was I who
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brought you out of Egypt and led you out of the place of slave labor I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and
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from the power of all who oppressed you I drove them out before you and gave their country to you and I said to you I
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am Yahweh your God you are not to fear the gods of the amorites in whose country you are now living but you have
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not listened to my voice the angel of Yahweh came and sat under the tabin at
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Afra which belonged to josua bezer Gideon his son was threshing wheat inside the wine press to keep it hidden
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from Midian and the angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said Yahweh is with you Valiant Warrior Gideon replied
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excuse me my Lord but if Yahweh is with us why is all this happening to us and
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where are all his miracles which our ancestors used to tell us about when they said did not Yahweh bring us out of
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egy Egypt but now Yahweh has deserted us he has abandoned us to Midian at this
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Yahweh turned to him and said go in this strength of yours and you will rescue Israel from the power of Midian am I not
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sending you myself Gideon replied forgive me my Lord but how can I deliver
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Israel my clan is the weakest in Manasseh and I am the least important of my father's family Yahweh replied I
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shall be with you and you will crush Midian as though it were one man Gideon said if I have found favor in your sight
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give me a sign that you are speaking to me please do not go away from here until I come back to you bringing you my
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offering and laying it before you and he replied I shall stay until you come back
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Gideon went away he prepared a young goat and from ANA of flour he made unleavened cakes he put the meat into a
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basket and the broth into a pot then brought it all to him under the tabin as
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he approached the angel of Yahweh said to him take the meat and unleavened cakes put them on this rock and pour the
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broth over them Gideon did so the angel of Yahweh then stretched out the tip of
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the staff which he was carrying and touched the meat and unleavened cakes fire sprang from The Rock and consumed
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the meat and unleavened cakes and the angel of Yahweh vanished before his eyes
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Gideon then then knew that this was the angel of Yahweh and he said alas my Lord
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Yahweh now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face Yahweh answered
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peace be with you have no fear you will not die Gideon built an altar there to
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Yahweh and called it Yahweh peace this altar stands in our own day at offra of
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a beizer now that night Yahweh said to Gideon take your father's bull the
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seven-year-old Bull and pull down the altar to ball belonging to your father and cut down the sacred pole beside it
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then on top of this strong point build a proper altar to Yahweh your God then
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take the bowl and burn it as a burnt offering on the wood of the Sacred pole which you have cut down Gideon then took
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10 of his servants and did as Yahweh had ordered him but being too frightened of his family and of the town's people to
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do it in daylight he did it at night next morning when when the town's people got up they found that the altar to ball
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had been destroyed the sacred pole standing beside it had been cut down and the bull had been sacrificed as a burnt
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offering on the newly built altar who has done this they asked one another
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they searched made inquiries and declared Gideon son of Jo has done it
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the town's people then said to Jo bring out your son he must die for having
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destroyed baal's Altar and cut down the sacred pole which Stood Beside it to the people all crowding around him Jo
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replied is it your job to plead for ball is it your job to Champion his cause
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anyone who pleads for ball must be put to Death Before Dawn if he is a God let him plead for
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himself now that Gideon has destroyed his altar that day Gideon was given the
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name jbel because they said ball must plead against him because he has
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destroyed his altar all Midian and amalec and the sons of the East joined forces and having crossed the Jordan
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pitched camp in the plain of Jezreel and the spirit of Yahweh clothed Gideon around he sounded the horn and a beaser
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rallied behind him he sent Messengers throughout Manasseh and Manasseh too rallied behind him he sent Messengers to
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Asher zebulun and napali and they marched out to meet him Gideon said to
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God if it is really you delivering Israel by means of me as you have said
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look I'm going to put a Woolen fleece on the threshing floor if there is due only on the fleece and all the ground stays
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dry then I shall know that you will deliver Israel by means of me as you have said and so it happened early next
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morning Gideon got up squeezed the fleece and rung enough Dew out of the fleece to fill a cup Gideon then said to
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God do not be angry with me if I speak just once more allow me to make the
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fleece test just just once more Let the fleece alone be dry and there be Dew all over the ground and God did so that
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night the fleece alone stayed dry and there was Dew all over the
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ground Judges chapter 7 jbel that is Gideon got
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up very early as did all the people who were with him he pitched camp at an Herod the camp of Midian was North of
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his under the hill of Moore in the valley Yahweh then said to Gideon there are too many people with you for me to
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put Midian into their power Israel might claim the credit for themselves at my expense they might say my own hand has
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rescued me so now make this proclamation to the people anyone trembling with fear
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is to go back and watch from Mount gilboa 22,000 of the people went back
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and 10,000 remained Yahweh said to Gideon there are still too many people
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take them down to the water side and I shall sort them out for you there if I say if someone he is to go with you that
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man is to go with you and if I say of anyone he is not to go with you so
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Gideon took the people down to the wat side and Yahweh said to him all those who lap the water with their tongues as
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a dog laps put these on one side and all those who kneel down to drink put these
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on the other side the number of those those who lapped with their hands to their mouth was 300 all the rest of the
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people had knelt to drink Yahweh then said to Gideon with the 300 who lap the
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water I shall rescue you and put Midian into your power let the people as a
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whole disperse to their homes so they took the people's provisions and their horns and then Gideon sent all the
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Israelites back to their tents keeping only the 300 the camp of Midian was
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below his in the Valley now it happened happened that same night that Yahweh
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said to him get up and go down to the camp I am putting it into your power if
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however you are nervous about going down go down to the camp with your servant Pura listen to what they are saying and
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that will encourage you to go down to the camp so with his servant Pura he went down to the edge of the outposts of
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the camp Midian amalec and all the sons of the East were deployed in the valley as thick as locusts their camels were as
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innumerable as the sand on the seashore Gideon got there just as a man was telling his comrade a dream he was
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saying this was the dream I had a cake made of barley bread came rolling into
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the camp of Midian it came to a tent struck against it and turned it upside down his comrade replied this can only
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be the sword of Gideon's son of joosh the Israelite God has put Midian and the
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whole Camp into his power when Gideon heard the dream thus told and interpreted he bowed in reverence he
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then went back to the camp of Israel and said on your feet for Yahweh has put the camp of Midian into your power Gideon
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then divided his 300 men into three groups to each he gave a horn and an
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empty picture with a torch inside each picture he said to them watch me and do
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as I do when I reach the edge of the camp whatever I do you must do also I
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shall blow my horn and so will all those who are with me you too will then blow
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your horns all around the camp and Shout for Yahweh and for Gideon Gideon and his
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Hunter companions reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch when the new centuries had just
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been posted they blew their horns and smashed the pitchers in their hands the
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three groups blew their horns and smashed their pitchers with their left hands they grasped the Torches with
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their right hands the horns for blowing them and they shouted the sword for Yahweh and for Gideon and they Stood
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Still spaced out round the camp the whole Camp was thrown into confusion and
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the midianites fled shouting while the 300 blew their horns Yahweh made each
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man turn his sword against his comrade throughout the entire Camp they all fled as far as Beth hasida in the direction
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of zerian as far as the bank of Abel Miola opposite tab bath the men of
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Israel mustard from naftali Asher and all Manasseh and pursued Midian Gideon
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sent Messengers throughout the highlands of Ephraim to say come down to meet Midian seize the water points ahead of
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them as far as Beth barah and the Jordan all the men of Ephraim mustered and seized the water points as far as Beth
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barah and the Jordan they captured the two midianite Chieftains Orab and Zeeb
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they killed orb at orb's Rock and Zeb at zebb's wine press they pursued Midian
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and they brought the heads of Orab and Zeb to Gideon on the other side of the
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Jordan judges chter 8 now the men of Ephraim said to Gideon what do you mean
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by treating us like this not summoning us when you went to fight Midian and they reproached him bitterly he replied
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what have I achieved compared with you is not the gleaning of ephraim's grapes
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better than the Vintage of a Meer God delivered Orab and Zeb The Chieftains of
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Midian into your power what was I able to do in comparison with what you have
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done at these words their anger with him died down Gideon reached the Jordan and
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crossed it but he and his 300 companions were exhausted with the pursuit so he
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said to the men of sukus please give my followers some loaves of bread since they are exhausted and I am pursuing Ze
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and zala the kings of Midian the headman of sukus replied are the hands of Zeba
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and zala already in your grasp that we should give bread to your army very well
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retorted Gideon when Yahweh has put Zeba and Zalman into my power I shall tear
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your flesh off with desert Thorn and thistles from there he went up to penol and asked the men of penol the same
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thing they replied as those of sukus had done and to those of penol he made a
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similar short when I return Victorious I shall destroy this Tower Zeba and zala
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were in carer with their army about 15,000 men all that was left of the
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entire Army of the sons of the east of men bearing arms 120,000 had fallen
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Gideon approached them by the tent dwellers route east of Noba and jbha and
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attacked the Army when it thought itself in safety Zeba and zala fled he pursued
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them he took the two kings of Midian prisoner Zeba and Zalman and the whole
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Army he routed in panic after the battle Gideon came back by the ascent of Hees
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he caught a young man one of the people of sukus and questioned him and the
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latter wrote down the names of the headmen and Elders of sukus for him 77 men Gideon son of joosh then went to the
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people of sukus and said here you see Zeba and Zalman about whom you taunted
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me and said are the hands of Zeba and zelman already in your grasp that we should give bread to your exhausted
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troops he then seized the Elders of the town and taking desert Thorn and thistles tore the men of sukus to Pieces
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he destroyed the Tower of penu and slaughtered the townsmen he then said to Zeba and zela the men you killed the
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Taber what were they like they replied they looked like you every one of them
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carried himself like the son of a king Gideon replied they were my brothers the
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sons of my own mother as Yahweh lives if you had spared their lives I would not
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kill you to Jeter his eldest son he said stand up and kill them but the boy did
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not draw his sword he dared not he was still only a lad Zeba and zala then said
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stand up yourself and strike us down for as a man is so is his strength then
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Gideon stood up and killed Zeba and zala and he took the Crescent from round their camels necks the men of Israel
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said to Gideon rule over us you your son and your grandson since you have rescued
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us from the power of Midian but Gideon replied I will not rule you neither will
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my son Yahweh shall rule you Gideon went on however let me make you one request
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each of you give me one one ring out of his booty for the vanquished that had gold rings being ishmaelites we shall
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give them gladly they replied so he spread out his cloak and on it each of
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them threw a ring from his booty the weight of the gold rings which he had asked for amounted to 1700 shekels of
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gold besides the crescents and the earrings and purple garments worn by the kings of Midian and besides the collars
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round their camel's necks from this Gideon made an fod and set it up in his town in Afra all Israel following his
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example prostituted themselves to it and it was a snare for Gideon and his family
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thus Midian was humbled before the Israelites he did not raise his head again and the country had peace for 40
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years as long as Gideon lived so jble son of J went to live at home Gideon had
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70 Sons begotten by him for he had many wives his concubine who lived in sheam
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also bore him a son to whom he gave the name aimc Gideon son of joosh died after
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a happy old age and was buried in the Tomb of Jo's father at offra of azer
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after Gideon's death the people of Israel again began to prostitute themselves to the Bales taking balberith
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for their God the Israelites no longer remembered Yahweh their God who had
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rescued them from all the enemies around them and to the family of gerbel Gideon
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they showed no faithful gratitude for all the good which it had done for
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Israel Judges chapter 9 aimc son of jbel
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confronted his mother's Brothers at sheim and to them and to the whole clan of his maternal grandfather's family he
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said please put this question to the Leading Men of sheam which is better for you to be ruled by 70 people All jble
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Sons or to be ruled by one remember too that I am your own flesh and Bone his
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mother's brother said all this on his behalf to all the Leading Men of sheam and their feelings swayed them to follow
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aimc since they argued he is our brother so they gave him 70 shekels of silver
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from the Temple of balberith and with this aimc paid violent adventurers to follow him he then went to his father's
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house at Afra and put his brothers Jer 70 Sons to death on one and the same
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Stone jotham however jerel's youngest son escaped by going into hiding all the
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Leading Men of sheam and all Beth Millow then met and proclaimed ailec King at the Oak of the cultic stone at sheam
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news of this was brought to jotham he went and stood on the top of Mount jerim
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and shouted at the top of his voice hear me leaders of sheam so that God may also
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hear you one one day the trees went out to anoint a king to rule them they said
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to the Olive Tree be our King The Olive Tree replied must I forgo my oil which
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gives honor to Gods and Men to stand and sway over the trees then the tree said
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to the Fig Tree you come and be our King the Fig Tree replied must I forgo my
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sweetness foro my excellent fruit to go and sway over the trees then the trees
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said to the Vine you come and be our King the vine replied must I forgo my
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wine which cheers Gods and Men to go and sway over the trees then the trees all
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said to the thorn bush you come and be our king and the thorn bush replied to
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the trees if you are anointing me in good faith to be your king come and shelter in my shade but if not fire will
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come out of the thorn bush and devour The Cedars of Lebanon now then then if you have acted in sincerity and good
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faith in making aimc King if you have dealt honorably with jbel and his family
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and have treated him as his actions deserved my father having fought for you risked his life and rescued you from the
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power of Midian and you today having risen up against my father's family murdered his sons 70 of them on one and
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the same Stone and appointed aimc his slave girl's son to rule the Leading Men
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of sheam because he is your brother brother if I say you have acted in
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sincerity and good faith towards jbel and his family then may aimc be your joy
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and may you be his if not May Fire come out of aimc and devour the Leading Men
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of sheam and Beth Millo and Fire come out of the Leading Men of sheim and Beth Millo to devour aimc jotham then took to
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his heels he fled and made his way to beer and there he stayed to be out of
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his brother AMC's reach aimc ruled Israel for 3 years God then sent a
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spirit of Discord between ailec and the leaders of sheam and the leaders of sheam betrayed aimc and this was so that
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the crime committed against jerel's 70 Sons should be Avenged and their blood recoil on their brother aimc who had
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murdered them and on those leaders of sheam who had helped him to murder his brothers the leaders of sheam put men to
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Ambush him on the mountain tops and these robbed anyone traveling their way
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aimc was told of this Gaul son of oid with his brothers happened to pass
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through sheam and win the confidence of the leaders of sheam these went out into the countryside to harvest their
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Vineyards they trod the grapes and made Merry and went into the Temple of their God they ate and drank there and cursed
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aimc Gul son of oid said who is aimc and what is sheam for us to be his slaves
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should not jerel's son and his lieutenant zeel be serving the men of hammer father of
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sheam why should we be his slaves who will put this people under my command so
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that I can expel aimc I should say to him reinforce your army and come out
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zeel the governor of the town was told what gul's son of OED had said and he was Furious he sent Messengers secretly
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to aimc to say look Gul son of Obed has come to Sheck with his brother brothers
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and they are stirring up the town against you so move under cover of dark
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you and the men you have with you and take up concealed positions in the countryside then in the morning at
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Sunrise break cover and rush on the town when G and his supporters come out to
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meet you treat them as occasion offers so aimc set off under cover of dark with
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all his own supporters and took up concealed positions over against sheam in four groups as G son of Obed was
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coming out and pausing at the entrance of the Town Gate aimc and his supporters Rose from their Ambush Gaul saw these
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men and said to zeel look there are men coming down from the tops of the
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mountains zeel answered you mistake the shadow of the mountains for men but Gaul
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insisted look there are men coming down from the naval of the earth and another group is coming from the direction of
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the diviner Oak zeel then said where are your mouthings now about who is aimc for
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us to be his slaves are not these the men you made light of Sally out then and
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fight him Gul sallied out at the head of the leaders of sheam and engaged aimc
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aimc drove Gul off who turned tail many of his men falling dead before they
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could reach the gate aimc then stayed at aruma and zeel expelled Gaul and his
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brothers and prevented them from living in shech next day when the people went out into
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the countryside aimc was told of this he took his men divided them into three
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groups and lay in wait in the fields when he saw the people leaving the town
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he bore down on them and slaughtered them while aimc and his group rushed forward and took position at the
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entrance to the Town Gate the two other groups fell on everyone in the fields and slaughtered them all that day aimc
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attacked the town he stormed it and slaughtered the people inside raised the
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town and sewed it with salt on hearing this all the leading men inside mdal
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shekam took refuge in the Crypt of the Temple of elberth as soon as ailec heard
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that the leading men inside migdal shekam had all gathered there he went up Mount Zalman with all his men then
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taking an axe in his hands he cut off the branch of a tree picked it up and put it on his shoulder and said to the
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men with him hurry and do what you have seen me do each of his men similarly cut off a
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branch then following aimc they piled the branches over the Crypt and set it
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on fire over those who were inside so that all the people in migdal shekam died too about a thousand men and women
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a bimc then marched on thez besieged it and captured it in the middle of the
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town there was a fortified Tower in which all the men and women and all the leading men of the Town took Refuge they
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locked the door behind them and climbed up to the roof of the tower aimc reached
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the tower and attacked it as he was approaching the door of the tower to set it on fire a woman threw down a
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millstone on his head and cracked his skull he instantly called his young armor Bearer and said draw your sword
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and kill me so that it will not be said of me that a woman killed him his armor Bearer ran him through and he died when
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the men of Israel saw that ailec was dead they dispersed to their home homes
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thus God made to recoil on aimc the evil he had done his father by murdering his 70 brothers and all the evil that the
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men of sheam had done God made recoil on their heads too and so the curse of jotham son of gerbel came true for
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them Judges chapter 10 after aimc TOA
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son of P son of Dodo Rose to deliver Israel he belonged to isachar and lived
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at Shamir in the Mountain Country of Ephraim he was judge in Israel for 23
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years he then died and was buried at Shamir after him Rose jier of Gilead who
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judged Israel for 22 years he had 30 sons who rode on 30 young donkeys and
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who owned 30 towns still known today as the encampments of jier in the territory
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of Gilead jier then died and was buried at Cayman the Israelites again began
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doing what is evil in yahweh's eyes they served ball and a start and the gods of
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Aram and sidon the gods of Moab and those of the ammonites and Philistines
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they deserted Yahweh and served him no more yahweh's anger then grew hot against Israel and he gave them over
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into the power of the Philistines and the power of the ammonites who from that year onwards crushed and oppressed the
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Israelites for 18 years all those Israelites living on the other side of the Jordan in Amorite territory in
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Gilead furthermore the ammonites would cross the Jordan and also make war on Judah Benjamin and the house of Ephraim
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so that Israel was in distress the Israelites then cried to Yahweh and said
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we have sinned against you because we have turned from Yahweh Our God to serve Bales and Yahweh said to the Israelites
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when Egyptians and amorites ammonites and Philistines when the sidonians
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amalec and Midian oppressed you and you cried to me did I not rescue you from their power but it is you who have
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forsaken me and served other gods and so I shall rescue you no more go and cry to
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the gods whom you have chosen let them rescue you in your time of trouble the
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Israelites replied to Yahweh we have sinned treat us as you see fit but
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please rescue us today they got rid of their foreign gods and served Yahweh who
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could bear Israel's suff uffing no longer the ammonites gathered and pitched camp in Gilead the Israelites
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rallied and pitched camp at mispah the People The Chieftains of Gilead then
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said to one another who will volunteer to attack the ammonites he shall be chief of all who
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live in
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Gilead judges chap 11 jetha the gileadite was a
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valiant War Warrior he was a prostitute son Gilead was Jeff's father but
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Gilead's wife also bore him sons and the sons of this wife when they grew up
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drove jetha away saying no share of the paternal Heritage for you since you are
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a son of another woman jeffa fled far from his brothers and settled in the territory of tab jeffa enlisted a group
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of adventurers who used to go raiding with him it was some time after this that the ammonites made made war on
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Israel and when the ammonites had attacked Israel the Elders of Gilead went to fetch jetha from the territory
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of tab come they said and be our commander so that we can fight the
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ammonites jeffa replied to the Elders of Gilead didn't you hate me and drive me
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out of my father's house why come to me now when you are in trouble the Elders
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of Gilead said to jeffa that is why we are turning to you now come with us
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fight the ammonites and be our chief chief of all the people living in Gilead
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jeffa then said to the Elders of Gilead if you bring me home to fight the ammonites and Yahweh defeats them for me
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I am to be your Chief and the Elders of Gilead then said to jeffa Yahweh be
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witness between us if we do not do as you have said so jeffa set off with the
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Elders of Gilead the people put him at their head as Chief and Commander and jeffa repeated all his conditions at
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mispah in yahweh's presence jeffa sent Messengers to the king of the ammonites to say to him what do you have against
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us for you to come and make war on my country the king of the ammonites replied to Jeff's Messengers the reason
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is that when Israel came up from Egypt They seized my country from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan so now
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restore it to me peacefully jeffa sent Messengers back to the king of the ammonites with this answer jeffa says
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this Israel seized neither the country of Moab nor the country of the ammonites
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when Israel came out of Egypt they marched through the desert as far as the sea of reeds and having reached cadesh
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Israel then sent Messengers to the king of Edom to say please let me pass through your country but the king of
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Edom would not listen they sent similarly to the king of Moab but he refused and Israel remained at cadesh
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later moving on through the desert and skirting the countries of Edom and Moab until arriving to the east of moabit
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territory the people camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter moabit territory the Arnon being the
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moabit frontier Israel then sent Messengers to Sayan King of the amorites
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ruling in heshbon Israel's message was please let me pass through your country
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to my destination but Sayan would not let Israel pass through his territory he
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mustered his whole army they encamped at jahaz and he then joined battle with
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Israel Yahweh God of Israel delivered Sion and his whole Army into the power
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of Israel who defeated them as a result of which Israel took possession of the
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entire territory of the amorites living in that region Israel took possession of all the Amorite territory from the Arnon
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to the Jabbok and from the desert to the Jordan and now that Yahweh God of Israel
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has dispossessed the amorites before his people Israel do you think you can dispossess us us will you not keep as
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your possession whatever Kos your God has given you and just the same we shall
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keep as ours whatever Yahweh Our God has given us to inherit from those who were
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before us are you a better man than balac son of zippier King of Moab did he
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pick a quarrel with Israel did he make war on them when Israel settled in
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heshbon and its dependencies and in aroer and its dependencies or in any of
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the towns on the banks of the Arnon 300 years ago why did you not recover them then I for my part have done you no harm
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but you are wronging Me by making war on me let Yahweh the judge give judgment today between the Israelites and the
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king of the ammonites but the king of the ammonites took no notice of the message that jeffa sent him the spirit
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of Yahweh was on jeffa who crossed Gilead and Manasseh crossed by way of mispah and Gilead and from mispah and
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Gilead crossed into ammonite territory and jeffa made a vow to Yahweh if you
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deliver the ammonites into my grasp the first thing to come out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in
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Triumph from fighting the ammonites shall belong to Yahweh and I shall sacrifice it as a burnt offering jeffa
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crossed into ammonite territory to attack them and Yahweh delivered them into his grass he beat them from aroer
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to the border of minith 20 towns and to Able car Arin it was a very severe
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defeat and the ammonites were humbled by the Israelites as jeffa returned to his
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house at mispah his daughter came out to meet him dancing to the sound of tambourines she was his only child apart
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from her he had neither son nor daughter when he saw her he tore his clothes and
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exclaimed oh my daughter what misery you have brought upon me you have joined
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those who bring misery into my life I have made a promise before Yahweh which I cannot retract she replied
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father you have made a promise to Yahweh treat me as the promise that you have made requires since Yahweh has granted
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you Vengeance on your enemies the ammonites she then said to her father grant me this let me be free for 2
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months I shall go and wander in the mountains and with my companions bewail
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my virginity he replied go and let her go away for 2 months so she went away
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with her Companions and bewailed her virginity in the mountains when the two months were over she went back to her
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father and he treated her as The Vow that he had uttered bound him she had
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remained a virgin and hence the custom in Israel for the daughters of Israel to
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leave home Year bye and lament over the daughter of jeffa the gileadite for 4 days every year
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Judges chapter 12 the men of Ephraim mobilized they crossed the Jordan near
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zapon and said to jeffa why did you go and make war on the ammonites without asking us to go with you we shall burn
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down your house over your head jeffa replied my people and I were in serious
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conflict with the ammonites I summoned you but you did not come to rescue me
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from them when I saw that no one was coming to rescue me I took my life in my hands and marched against the ammonites
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and Yahweh handed them over to me so why Advance on me today to make war on me
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jeffa then mustered all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim since the
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latter used to say you are only fugitives from Ephraim you gileadites in the heart of Ephraim and Manasseh Gilead
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then cut Ephraim off from the Fords of the Jordan and whenever ephraimite fugitive said let me cross the men of
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Gilead would ask are you an ephraimite if he said no they then said very well
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say shth if anyone said cilith because he could not pronounce it then they
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would seize him and kill him by the Fords of the Jordan 42,000 ephraimites
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fell on this occasion jetha judged Israel for 6 years jeffa the gileadite
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then died and was buried in his town in Gilead after him ibson of Bethlehem was
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judge in Israel he had 30 sons and 30 daughters he gave his daughters in
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marriage outside his clan and brought in 30 Brides from outside for his sons he
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was judged in Israel for 7 years ibson then died and was buried in Bethlehem
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after him Elon of zebulun was judge in Israel he was judged in Israel for 10
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years Elon of zebulun then died and was buried at an in the territory of zebulun
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after him abden son of helel of Pyon was judge in Israel he had 40 sons and 30
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grandsons who rode 70 young donkeys he was judge in Israel for 8 years abden
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son of helel of Pyon then died and was buried at Pyon in the territory of Ephraim in the amalekite
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highlands judges chapter 13 again the Israelites began doing what is evil in
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yahweh's eyes and Yahweh delivered them into the power of the Philistines for 40 years there was a man of Zora of the
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tribe of Dan called monoa his wife was Barren she had borne no children the
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angel of Yahweh appeared to this woman and said to her you are Barren and have had no child but you are going to
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conceive and give birth to a son from now on take great care drink no wine or
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fermented liquor and eat nothing unclean for you are going to conceive and give
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birth to a son no razor is to touch his head for the boy is to be God's Nazarite
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from his mother's womb and he will start rescuing Israel from the power of the Philistines the woman then went and told
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her husband a man of God has just come to me who looked like the angel of God
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so Majestic was he I did not ask him where he came came from and he did not
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tell me his name but he said to me you are going to conceive and will give birth to a son from now on drink no wine
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or fermented liquor and eat nothing unclean for the boy is to be God's
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Nazarite from his mother's womb to his dying day manoah then pleaded with Yahweh and said I beg you Lord let the
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man of God that you sent come to us again and instruct us what to do about the child when he is born Yahweh heard
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manoah's prayer and the angel of Yahweh visited the woman again while she was sitting in a field and when her husband
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manoah was not with her the woman quickly ran and told her husband look
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she said the man who came to me the other day has appeared to me again monoa
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got up followed his wife came to the man and said to him are you the man who
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spoke to this woman he replied I am manoah then said when your words come
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true what will be the the boy's way of life the angel of Yahweh replied to
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manoah from everything that I forbade this woman let her abstain let her
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swallow nothing that comes from the vine let her drink no wine or fermented liquor let her eat nothing unclean and
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let her obey all the orders that I have given her manoah then said to the angel of Yahweh allow us to detain you while
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we prepare a kid for you for monoa did not know that this was the angel of Yahweh the angel of Yahweh said to
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manoah even if you did detain me I should not eat your food but if you wish
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to prepare a burnt offering offer it to Yahweh manoah then said to the angel of
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Yahweh what is your name so that we may honor you when your words come true the
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angel of Yahweh replied why ask my name it is a name of Wonder manoah then took
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the kid in the oblation and offered it on the rock as a burnt offering to Yahweh the wonder worker Noah and his
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wife looked on now as the flame Rose heavenwards from the altar the angel of
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Yahweh ascended in this flame before the eyes of manoah and his wife and they fell face downwards on the ground after
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this the angel of Yahweh did not appear anymore to manoah and his wife but
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manoah understood that this had been the angel of Yahweh and manoah said to his wife we are certain to die because we
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have seen God his wife replied if Yahweh had meant to kill us he would not have
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accepted a burnt offering and oblation from us he would not have let us see all this and at the same time have told us
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such things the woman gave birth to a son and called him Samson the child grew
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and Yahweh blessed him and the spirit of Yahweh began to stir him in the camp of Dan between Zora and
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ashil judges chapter 14 Samson went down
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to timna and at timna he noticed a woman a philistin girl he went home again and
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told his father and mother this at timna he said I noticed a woman a philistin
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girl so now get her for me to be my wife his father and mother said to him is
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there no woman among your brother's daughters or in our entire nation for you to go and take a wife among these
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uncircumcised Philistines but Samson said to his father get that one for me she is the one I am for me
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she is the one I am fond of his father and mother did not know that all this came from Yahweh who was seeking grounds
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for a quarrel with the Philistines since at this time the Philistines dominated Israel Samson went down to timna and as
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he reached The Vineyards of timna he saw a young lion coming roaring towards him
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the spirit of Yahweh seized on him and he tore the lion to pieces with his bare hands as though it were a kid but he did
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not tell his father or mother what he had done he went down and talked to the woman and he became fond of her not long
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after this Samson went back to marry her he went out of his way to look at the
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carcass of the lion and there was a swarm of bees in the Lion's body and honey he took up some honey in his hand
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and ate it as he went along on returning to his father and mother he gave some to
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them which they ate too but he did not tell them that he had taken it from the Lion's carcass his father then went down
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to the woman and Samson made a feast there as is the custom for young men and
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when the Philistines saw him they chose 30 companions to stay with him Samson
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then said to them let me ask you a riddle if you can give me the answer during the seven days of feasting I
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shall give you 30 pieces of fine linen and 30 festal robes but if you cannot
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tell me the answer then you in your turn must give me 30 pieces of fine linen and
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30 festal robes ask your riddle they replied we are listening so he said to
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them out of the eater came what is eaten and out of the strong came what is sweet
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but three days went by and they could not Solve the Riddle on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife cajo your
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husband into explaining the riddle to us or we shall burn you and your father's family to death did you invite us here
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to Rob us Samson's wife then went to him in tears and said you only hate me you
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do not love me you have asked my fellow Countryman a riddle and told not even me
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the answer he said to her I have not told even my father or mother why should
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I tell you she wept on his neck for the S days that their feasting lasted she
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was so persistent that on the seventh day he told her the answer and she told her fellow countrymen so on
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the seventh day before he went into the bedroom the men of the Town said to him
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what is sweeter than honey and what's stronger than a lion he retorted if you
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had not plowed with my heer you would never have solved my riddle then the
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spirit of Yahweh seized on him he went down to ashalon killed 30 men there took
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what they wore and gave the festal robes to those who had answered the riddle then burning with rage returned to his
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father's house Samson's wife was then given to the companion who had acted as his best
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[Music] man Judges chapter 15 not long after
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this at the time of the wheat Harvest Samson visited his wife with a kid he
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said I wish to go to my wife in her room but her father would not let him enter I
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felt sure he said that you had taken a real dislike to her so I gave her to
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your companion but would not her younger sister suit you better have her instead
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but Samson answered them I can get my revenge on the Philistines now only by doing them some damage so Samson went
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off and caught 300 foxes then took torches and turning the Fox's tail to
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tail put a torch between each pair of Tails he lit the Torches and set the
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fox's free in the philistin corn fields in this way he burned both sheaves and
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standing corn and the vines and olive trees as well the Philistines asked who
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has done this and received the answer Samson who married the Tim Knight's daughter his father-in-law took the wife
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back again and gave her to His companion instead the Philistines then went and burned the woman and her father's family
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to death Samson said to them if that is how you behave I swear I will not rest
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till I have had my revenge on you and he fell on them systematically and caused Great Havoc then he went down to the
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cave in the rock of etham and lived there the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah and made a foray
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against Lehi the men of Judah said to them why are you attacking us they
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replied we have come to seiz Samson and to treat him as he has treated us 3,000
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men of Judah then went down to the cave of the rock of etham and said said to him don't you know that the Philistines
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have us in their power now what have you done to us he replied I have treated
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them only as they treated me they then said we have come down to take you to
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hand you over to the Philistines he said swear to me not to kill me yourselves they replied no we
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only want to bind you and hand you over to them we certainly do not want to kill you they then bound him with two new
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ropes and brought him up from the rock as he was approaching Lehi and the Philistines came running towards him
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with triumphant shouts the spirit of Yahweh was on him the ropes on his arms
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became like burnt strands of flax and the cords round his hands came untied coming across the fresh Jawbone of a
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donkey he reached out and snatched it up and with it he slaughtered a thousand
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men and Samson said with a Jawbone of a donkey I have laid them in heaps with a
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Jawbone of a donkey I have Feld a thousand men and with that he hurled the Jawbone away and that is why the place
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was called ramth leeh high and as he was very thirsty he called on Yahweh and
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said you yourself have worked this great Deliverance by the hand of your servant and now must I die of thirst and fall
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into the hands of the uncircumcised then God opened a hollow in the ground the hollow there is at
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Lehi and water gushed out of it Samson drank his vigor returned and he revived
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and therefore this spring was called enak cor it is still at Lehi today
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Samson was judge in Israel in the days of the Philistines for 20
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years Judges chapter 16 Samson then went
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to Gaza and seeing a prostitute there went into her the men of Gaza being told
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Samson has arrived surrounded the place and kept watch for him the whole night at the Town Gate all that night they
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were going to make no move thinking let us wait until day break and then kill
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him till midnight however Samson stayed in bed and then at midnight he got up
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seized the doors of the Town gate and the two posts as well he tore them up bar and all hoisted them onto his
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shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill overlooking Hein after this he fell in love with a woman in the veil of
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Sorak she was called Delilah the Philistine Chiefs visited her and said
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Kajol him and find out where his great strength comes from and how we can Master him so that we can bind him and
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subdue him in return We Shall each give you 1100 silver shekels Delilah said to
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Samson please tell me where your great strength comes from and what would be needed to bind and subdue you Samson
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replied if I were bound with seven new bow strings which had not yet been dried
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I should lose my strength and become like any other man the philistin Chiefs brought Delila seven new bow strings
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which had not yet been dried and she took them and bound him with them she had men concealed in her room and she
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shouted the Philistines are on you Samson then he snapped the bow strings
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as a strand of toe snaps at a touch of the fire so the secret of his strength
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remained unknown Delilah then said to Samson you you have been laughing at me
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and telling me lies but now please tell me what would be needed to bind you he
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replied if I were bound tightly with new ropes which have never been used I should lose my strength and become like
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any other man Delilah then took new ropes and bound him with them and she shouted the Philistines are on you
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Samson she had men concealed in her room but he snapped the ropes round his arms
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like thread Delilah then said to Samson up to now you have been laughing at me
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and telling me lies tell me what would be needed to bind you he replied if you
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wo the Seven Locks of my hair into the warp of a cloth and beat them together tight with a reed I should lose my
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strength and become like any other man she lulled him to sleep then wo the Seven Locks of his hair into the warp
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beat them together tight with a re and shouted the Philistines are on you Samson he woke from his sleep and pulled
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out both Reed and warp so the secret of his strength remained unknown Delilah
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said to him how can you say that you love me when your heart is not with me
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three times now you have laughed at me and have not told me where your great strength comes from and day after day
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she pestered him with her talk nagging him till he grew sick to death of it at
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last he confided everything to her he said to her a razor has never touched my
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head because I have been God's Nazarite for my mother's womb if my head were
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shorn then my power would leave me and I should lose my strength and become like any other man Delilah then realized that
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he had really confided in her she sent for the philistin princes with a message
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come just once more he has confided everything to me and the Philistine Chiefs came to her with the money in
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their hands she lulled Samson to sleep in her lap summoned a man and had him
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Shear off the Seven Locks from his head thus for the first time she got control over him and his strength left him she
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cried the Philistines are on you Samson he awoke from sleep thinking I
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shall Break Free as I have done Time After Time and shake myself clear but he did not know that Yahweh had left him
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the Philistines seized him put out his eyes and took him down to Gaza they
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fettered him with a double chain of bronze and he spent his time turning the mill in in the prison but his hair began
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to grow again when it had been cut off the Philistine Chiefs assembled to offer a great sacrifice to deeon their God and
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amid their festivities they said into our hands Our God has delivered Samson
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our enemy and as soon as the people saw their God they acclaimed him shouting his Praises into our hands Our God has
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delivered Samson our enemy the man who laid our country waste and killed so many of us and as their heart were full
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of joy they shouted summon Samson out to amuse us so Samson was summoned from
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prison and he performed Feats in front of them then he was put to stand between
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the pillars Samson then said to the boy who was leading him by the hand lead me
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where I can touch the pillars supporting the building so that I can lean against them now the building was crowded with
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men and women all the philistin chiefs were there while about 3,000 men and
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women were watching Samson's Feats From the Terrace Samson called on Yahweh and cried out Lord Yahweh I beg you remember
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me give me strength again this once oh God and let me be revenged on the
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Philistines at one Blow from my two eyes and Samson took hold of the two Central pillars supporting the building and
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braced himself with his right arm round one and his left Round the other and he shouted let me die with the
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Philistines he then heaved with all all his might and the building fell on the Chiefs and on all the people there Those
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whom he brought to their death by his death outnumbered Those whom he had done to death during his life his brothers
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and the whole of his father's family came down and carried him away they took him back and buried him between Zora and
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ashil in the Tomb of monoa his father he had judged Israel for 20
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years Judges chapter 177 in the highlands of
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Ephraim there was a man called Miku he said to his mother the 1100
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silver shekels which were taken from you and concerning which you uttered a curse having said in my hearing look I have
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got that silver I was the one who took it his mother said May Yahweh bless my
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boy he gave the 1100 shekels back to his mother who said I have indeed vowed to
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give this silver to Yahweh for my son to have a statue carved and an idol cast in metal but now I should like to give it
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back to you he however returned the money to his mother his mother then took
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200 silver shekels and gave them to the metal worker with them he carved a
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statue and cast an idol in metal which was put in miku's house this man Micah
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owned a shrine he made an fod in some domestic images and installed one of his
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sons to be his priest in those days there was no king in Israel and everyone
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did as he saw fit there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah of the clan of
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Judah who was a levite and resided there as a stranger this man left the town of
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Bethlehem in Judah to settle wherever he could find a home on his travels he came
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to the highlands of Ephraim and to Micah's House Micah asked him where do
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you come from the other replied I am a levite from Bethlehem in Judah I am
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traveling and am going to settle wherever I can find a home Micah said to
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him stay here with me be my father and priest and I shall give you 10 silver
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shekels a year and clothing and food the levite agreed to remain in the man's
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house and the young man became like one of his sons to him Micah installed the
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levite the young man became Micah's priest and stayed in his house and Micah
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said now I know that Yahweh will treat me well since I have this levite as
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priest Judges chapter 18 in those days there was no king in Israel now in those
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days the tribe of Dan was in search of a territory to live in for until then no
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territory had fallen to them among the tribes of Israel from their Clan the Danny sent five brave men from Zora and
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ashtail to reconnoiter the country and explore it they said to them go and
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explore the country the five men came to the highlands of Ephraim as far as
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Micah's house and spent the night there when they were near Micah's house they
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recognized the voice of the young levite and going nearer said to him who brought
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you here what are you doing here what is keeping you here he replied Micah has
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made certain arrangements with me he pays me a wage and I act as his priest
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they replied then consult God so that we may know whether the journey we are on
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will lead to success the priest replied go in peace Yahweh is watching over your
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journey the five men then left and arriving at L saw that the people living
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there had an untroubled existence according to the customs of the sidonians peaceful and Trust ing that
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there was no lack or shortage of any sort in the territory that they were a long way away from the sidonians and
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that they had no contact with the arameans they then went back to their brothers at Zora and ashil and when the
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latter asked them what have you to report they said up we must go against
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them since we have looked at the country and it is excellent though you take no action waste no time in setting out and
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taking possession of the country when you get there there you will find a trusting people the country is wide and
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God has put it at your mercy it is a place where there is no lack of anything on Earth from these places consequently
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from the clan of danitz at Zora and dhale 600 Men set out equipped for war
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they went up and camped at kirth jiram in Judah and for this reason the place is still called the camp of Dan today it
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lies to the west of kth jiram from there they entered the highlands of Ephraim
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and came to Micah's House the five men who had been to Recon the country then
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spoke to their brothers do you know they said that in these houses there is an
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epod some domestic images a carved statue and an idol cast in metal so now
1:23:14
work out what you have got to do so turning off the road they went to the
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young Levites dwelling to Micah's house and greeted him peacefully while the 600
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men of the Danny tez equipped for war stood at the threshold of the gate the
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five who had been to reconnoiter the country went on into the house and took the carved statue the fod the domestic
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images and the idol cast in metal meanwhile the priest remained at the threshold of the gate with a 600 men
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equipped for war these men having entered Micah's House took the carved
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statue the fod the domestic images and the idol cast in metal the priest
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however ever said what are you doing be quiet they replied put your hand over
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your mouth and come with us and become our father and priest are you better off
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as domestic priest to one man or as priest to a tribe and clan in Israel the
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priest was delighted he took the fod the domestic images and the carved statue
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and went off among the people resuming their original line of March they set off having put the women children
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children livestock and baggage out in front they had gone some distance from Micah's house when the people living in
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the houses near mic's House raised the alarm and set off in pursuit of the Danny tez as they shouted after the
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Danny tez the latter turning about said to Micah what is the matter with you
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that you are shouting like this he replied you have taken away my God which
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I have hadmade and the priest as well you are going away and what have I got
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left and now you ask me what is the matter the danitz said let us hear no
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more from you or quick-tempered men may set about you and this might cost you your life and the lives of your family
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so the danites went on their way and Micah seeing that they were the stronger
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turned and went home so having taken the God made by Micah and the priest who had
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been his the denitz marched on L on a peaceful and trusting people they put it
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to the sword and they burned down the town there was no one to come to the rescue since it was a long way from
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siden and had no contact with the arameans it lay in the valley running towards Beth reab they rebuilt the town
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and settled in it and called it Dan from the name of Dan their ancestor who had been born to Israel originally however
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the town had been called L the Danny tez erected the carved statue for themselves
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Jonathan son of gersam son of Moses and his sons after him were priests for the
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tribe of Dan till the day when the inhabitants of the country were carried away into Exile the carved statue made
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by Micah they installed for their own use and there it stayed as long as the house of God remained at
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Shiloh Judges chapter 19 in those days
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when there was no king in Israel there was a man a levite whose home was
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deep in the highlands of Ephraim he took his concubine a woman from Bethlehem in
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Judah in a fit of anger his concubine left him and went back to her father's house at Bethlehem in Judah and she
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stayed there for some time for months her husband then set out after her to
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appeal to her affections and fetch her back he had his servant and two donkeys with him as he was arriving at the house
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of the girl's father the father saw him and came happily to meet him his father-in-law the girl's father kept him
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there and he stayed with him for 3 days they ate and drank and spent the nights there on the fourth day they got up
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early and the levite Was preparing to leave when the girls's father said to his son-in-law have something to eat to
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gather strength you can leave later so they sat down and began eating and drinking the two of them together then
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the girl's father said to the young man please agree to spend a night here too and enjoy yourself and when the man got
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up to leave the father-in-law pressed him again and he spent another night
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there on the fifth day the levite got up early to leave but the girl's father
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said to him please gather strength first so they stayed on until the sun began to
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go down and the two men had a meal together the husband was getting up to leave with his concubine and his servant
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when his father-in-law the girl's father said look day is Fading Into evening please
1:27:58
spend the night here look the day is nearly over spend the night here and
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enjoy yourself then early tomorrow you can leave on your journey and go back
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home but the man refusing to stay the night got up and went on his way until
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he arrived within sight of jbus that is Jerusalem he had with him two donkeys
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saddled his concubine and his servant by the time they were near Jus the light
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was going fast the servant said to his master come on please let us turn off
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into this jebusite town and spend the night there his master replied we shall
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not turn off into a town of foreigners of people who are not Israelites we
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shall go on to giba he then said to his servant come on we shall try to reach
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one or other of those places either giia or Rama and spend the night there so
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they kept going and went on with their Journey as they approached giba in Benjamin the sun was setting so they
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turned that way to spend the night in giba once inside the Levites sat down in
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the Town Square but no one offered to take them in for the night eventually an
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old man came along at nightfall from his work in the fields he too was from the
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highlands of Ephraim although he was living in gibba the people of the place however were
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benjaminites looking up he saw the traveler in the Town Square where are
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you going said the old man and where have you come from we are on our way the
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other replied from Bethlehem in Judah to a place deep in the highlands of Ephraim
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that is where I come from I've been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going home but no one has offered to take me
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into his house although we have straw and provender for our donkeys and I also have bread and wine for myself and this
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maid servant and the young man who is traveling with your servant we are short of nothing welcome said the old man I
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shall see that you have all you want you cannot spend the night in the Square so
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he took him into his house and gave the donkeys provender The Travelers washed their feet then ate and drank while they
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were enjoying themselves some townsmen Scoundrels came crowding around the house they battered on the door and said
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to the old man Master of the House send out the man who went into your house we
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should like to have intercourse with him the Master of the House went out to them and said no brothers please do not be so
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wicked since this man is now under my roof do not commit such an infamy here
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is my daughter she is a virgin I shall bring her out to you ill treat her do
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what you please with her but do not commit such an infamy against this man
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but the men would not listen to him so the levite took hold of his concubine
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and brought her out to them they had intercourse with her and Ill treated her all night till morning when Dawn was
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breaking they let her go at Daybreak the girl came and fell on the threshold of her husband's host and she stayed there
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until it was light in the morning her husband got up and opening the door of the house was going out to continue his
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journey when he saw the woman his concubine lying at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold get up
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he said we must leave there was no answer he then loaded her on his donkey
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and began the journey home having reached his house he took his knife took
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hold of his concubine and cut her limb by limb into 12 pieces he then sent her
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throughout the territory of Israel he gave instructions to his Messengers this
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is what you are to say to all the Israelites has anything like this been done since the day when the Israelites
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came out of Egypt until today take this to Heart discuss it then give your
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verdict and all who saw it declared never has such a thing been done or been
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seen since the Israelites came out of Egypt until
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today Judges chapter 20 the Israel ites then all turned out and as one man the
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entire Community from Dan to beer Sheba including Gilead assembled in yahweh's
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Presence at mispah the leaders of the entire people of all the tribes of Israel were present at this assembly of
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God's people 400,000 trained infantry the benjaminites heard that the
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Israelites had gone up to mispah the Israelites then said tell us how this
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crime was committed the levite husband of the Mur murdered woman spoke in reply
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and said the men of gibba ganged up against me and during the night surrounded the house where I was lodging
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they intended to murder me they raped my concubine to death I then took my
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concubine cut her up and sent her throughout the entire territory of the heritage of Israel since these men had
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committed a shameful act and infamy in Israel now all you Israelites discuss
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the matter and give your decision here and now the whole people stood up as one man and said none of us will go home
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none of us will go back to his house and this is what we are now going to do to giba We Shall draw lots and throughout
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the tribes of Israel select 10 men out of 100 100 out of a th000 a th000 out of
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10,000 to collect food for the people so that on their arrival the latter may
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treat giba and Benjamin as this infamy perpetrated in Israel deserves thus says one man all the men of Israel
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mustered against the town the tribes of Israel sent Messengers throughout the Tribe of Benjamin to say what is this
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crime which has been committed in your territory now give up these men these
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Scoundrels living in giba so that we can put them to death and wipe out this evil
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from Israel the benjaminites however would not listen to their brother
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Israelites the benjaminites left their towns and mustered at giba to fight the
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Israelites at the time a count was made of the benjaminites from the various towns there were 26,000 Swordsmen and
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the count excluded the inhabitants of gibba in this great Army there were 700 First Rate left-handers every man of
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whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss it account was also held of the men of Israel excluding Benjamin there
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were 400,000 men all experienced Swordsmen they moved off up to bethl to consult
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God the Israelites put the question which of us is to go first into battle
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against the benjaminites and Yahweh replied Judah is to go first in the
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morning the Israelites moved off and pitched their Camp over against gibba
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the men of Israel Advanced to do battle with Benjamin they drew up their battle line in front of gibba but the
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benjaminites sallied out from gibba and that day massacred 22,000 Israelites the
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army of the men of Israel then took fresh heart and again Drew up their battle line in the same place as the day
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before the Israelites went and wept before Yahweh until evening they then
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consulted Yahweh they asked shall We join battle again with the sons of our brother Benjamin Yahweh replied March
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against him this second day the Israelites Advanced against the benjaminites and this second day
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Benjamin sallied out from giba to meet them and massacred another 18,000 Israelites all experienced Swordsmen
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then all the Israelites and the whole people went off to bethl they wept and sat in yahweh's presence they fasted all
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day till the evening and presented burnt offerings and communion sacrifices before Yahweh the Israelites then
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consulted Yahweh in those days the Ark of the Covenant of God was there and
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fina's Son of elzar son of Aaron was at minister at the time they said ought I
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to go into battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin again or should I stop
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Yahweh replied March for tomorrow I shall deliver him into your hands Israel
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then positioned troops in Ambush all around giba on the third day the Israelites marched against the
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benjaminites and as before Drew up their line in front of giba the benjaminites
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sallied out to engage the people and let themselves be drawn away from the town
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as before they began by killing those of the people who were on the roads one of which runs up to bethl and the other to
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gibba through Open Country some 30 men of Israel the benjaminites thought we
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have beaten them as we did the first time but the Israelites had decided we shall run away and draw them away from
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the town along the roads all the Israelites then retreated and reformed at balar while the Israelites troops in
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Ambush surged from their positions to the west of giba 10,000 picked men
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chosen from the whole of Israel launched their attack on giba the battle was
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fierce and the others knew nothing of the disaster impending Yahweh defeated
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Benjamin before Israel and that day the Israelites killed 25,100 men of Benjamin all of them
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trained Swordsmen the benjaminites saw that they were beaten the Israelites had
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given ground to Benjamin since they were relying on the Ambush which they had positioned close to giba the Troops in
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Ambush threw themselves against giba at top speed Fanning out they put the whole
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town to the sword now it had been agreed between the Israelites and those of the Ambush that the latter should raise a
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smoke signal from the town whereupon the Israelites in the thick of the battle would turn about Benjamin began by
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killing some of the Israelites about 30 men and thought we have certainly beaten
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them as we did in the first battle but the signal a column of smoke began to
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rise from the town and the benjaminites Looking Back saw the whole town going up in Flames to the sky the Israelites then
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turned about and the benjaminites were seized with Terror for they saw the disaster had struck them they broke
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before the Israelite Onslaught and made for the desert but the fighters pressed them hard while the others coming out of
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the Town took and slaughtered them from from the rear they hemmed in the benjaminites pursued them relentlessly
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crushing them opposite gibba on the east of Benjamin 18,000 men fell all of them
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brave men they then turned tail and fled into the desert towards the rock of
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rimen 5,000 of them were picked off on the roads and the rest were relentlessly
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pursued as far as Gideon 2,000 of them being killed the total number of
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benjaminites who fell that day was 25,000 Swordsmen all of them brave men
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600 men however turned tail and escaped into the desert to the rock of rimen and
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there they stayed for 4 months the men of Israel then went back to the benjaminites and put them to the sword
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people livestock and everything else that came their way in the town and they fired all the towns involved
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Judges chapter 21 the men of Israel had sworn this oath at mispah none of us is
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to give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin the people went to bethl and stayed there until evening sitting
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before God and raising their voices made a great lament and exclaiming Yahweh God
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of Israel why has this happened in Israel that a tribe should be missing from Israel today the next day the
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people got up early and built an altar there they presented Ed burnt offerings and communion sacrifices the Israelites
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then said out of all the tribes of Israel who has not come to Yahweh to the
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assembly for they had sworn a solemn oath that anyone who did not come to Yahweh at mispah would certainly die now
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the Israelites felt sorry about Benjamin their brother today they said a tribe
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has been amputated from Israel what shall we do to provide wives for those who are left since we have sworn War by
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Yahweh not to give them any of our own daughters in marriage they then asked out of the tribes of Israel who is it
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that is not come to Yahweh at mispah it was discovered that no one from jabish and Gilead had come to the camp for the
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assembly for a muster having been called of the people none of the inhabitants of
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jabish and Gilead was present the community then dispatched 12,000 of their bravest men there with these
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orders go and Slaughter all the inhabitants of jabish in ilad including
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the women and children this is what you are to do all males and all those women
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who have ever slept with a man you will put under the curse of Destruction but the lives of the virgins you will spare
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and this they did among the inhabitants of jabish and Gilead they found 400
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young virgins who had never slept with a man and brought them to the camp to Shiloh in the territory of
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Canaan the whole Community then sent Messengers to offer peace to to the benjaminites who were at the rock of
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rimen Benjamin then came home they were given those of the women of jabish and
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Gilead whose lives had been spared but there were not enough for all the people
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felt sorry about Benjamin Yahweh having made a breach in the tribes of Israel
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and the Elders of the community said what shall we do to provide wives for the survivors since the women of
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Benjamin have been wiped out they went on how can we preserve a Remnant for Benjamin so that a tribe may not be lost
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to Israel we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage for the Israelites
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had taken an oath a cursed be the man who gives a wife to Benjamin however
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they said there is the Feast of Yahweh held every year at Shiloh the town lies
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north of bethl east of the highway that runs from bethl up to sheam and south of
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lebona so they told the benjaminites to do as follows put yourselves in Ambush
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and The Vineyards keep watch when the girls of Shiloh come out in groups to dance you then come out of The Vineyards
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each of you sees a wife from the girls of Shiloh and make for benjaminite territory if their fathers or Brothers
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come and complain to us we shall say let us have them since we could not take
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wives for everyone in the battle and you could not give them to them or you would then have been guilty the benjaminites
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did this and from the dancers whom they caught took as many wives as their there were men and then setting off went back
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to their Heritage rebuilt the towns and settled down in them the Israelites then
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dispersed each man to rejoin his tribe and Clan each leaving that place for his
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own Heritage in those days there was no king in Israel and everyone did as he
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saw fit
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