The Book of Judges Lesson 18 – Chapter 11 The last we met, we read in Judges 11 about the newest Judge, Yiftach (Jephthah in the English) who lived in a place called Gilead (Gilead was on the east side of the Jordan River). He had been driven out of his family home because he […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 17 – Chapters 10 and 11 This week we begin a 3 chapter series on the exploits of a fellow named Yiftach , or better known in English bibles as Jephthah. We finished up our last lesson by briefly discussing 2 of the 5 so-called Minor Judges, Tola and Ya’ir. […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 16 – Chapters 9 and 10 We’ll continue today in Judges chapter 9, the story of Avimelech (known more as Abimelech in English) the son of Gideon born of a Shechemite concubine. Let’s briefly review: Gideon had 70 sons by his legal wives and one son by a Canaanite woman […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 15 – Chapter 9 This week we will begin to explore Judges chapter 9, the story of a fellow called Avimelech, one of Gideon’s 71 sons. Like so much of Judges chapter 9 it is just example after example, lesson after lesson, and application after application of the God-principles that […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 14 – Chapter 8 We have entered a fascinating and most relevant section of Judges that begins with our study of Gideon and then moves on to the aftermath of his era as a judge when one of his sons assumes a leadership position. The lessons contained here prove that […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 13 – Chapters 7 and 8 According to Judges chapter 7 verse 4 the Lord says that the Shophet Gideon had too many troops at his disposal to fight against the invading Midianites and Amalekites; and this was after he had already dismissed about 2/3rds of the Israelite soldiers to […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 12 – Chapters 6 and 7 Last time we were still in the midst of Judges chapter 6 and the anointing by God of Gideon as His newest judge (Shophet). We got as far as verse 24. We ended with Gideon finally understanding that this mysterious traveler who suddenly showed […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 11 – Chapter 6 Judges 6 began with the chilling but familiar words: “But the people did what was evil from Adonai’s perspective….” Thus also is introduced the 5th in the series of stories (the 5th cycle) about Israel’s stubborn pattern of returning to idol worship AFTER they had been […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 10 – Chapters 5 and 6 We’ll finish up Judges chapter 5, the Song of Deborah and begin chapter 6 today. And I’ll warn you ahead of time that we’ll be spending about as long in chapter 6 as we have with the Song of Deborah in chapter 5. Last […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 9 – Chapter 5 Continued Our subject is Judges chapter 5 known better as the Song of Deborah. We started studying it in earnest last week and ended with verse 11. We’re going to continue to carefully dissect this song as there is so much to be gleaned from it, […]

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