Judges
READING PLAN
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Judges Preview The book of Judges gives us a glimpse into an interesting period in Israel’s history. At this point, Israel had no king and
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Read Judges 2 The Angel of the Lord at Bokim 2 The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led
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Read Judges 3 3 These are the nations the Lord left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan 2 (he did this only
Rest Day
Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of
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Read Judges 4 Deborah 4 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. 2 So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan,
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Read Judges 5 The Song of Deborah 5 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: 2 “When the princes in Israel take the lead, when
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Read Judges 6 Gideon 6 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 2 Because
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Read Judges 7 Gideon Defeats the Midianites 7 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp
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Read Judges 8 Zebah and Zalmunna 8 Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went
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Read Judges 9 Abimelek 9 Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan, 2 “Ask all the
Rest Day
Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of
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Read Judges 10 Tola 10 After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in
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Read Judges 11 11 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute. 2 Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were
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Read Judges 12 Jephthah and Ephraim 12 The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go to
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Read Judges 13 The Birth of Samson 13 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the
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Read Judges 14 Samson’s Marriage 14 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. 2 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I
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Read Judges 15 Samson’s Vengeance on the Philistines 15 Later on, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. He
Rest Day
Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of
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Read Judges 16 Samson and Delilah 16 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of
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Read Judges 17 Micah’s Idols 17 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that
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Read Judges 18 The Danites Settle in Laish 18 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was
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Read Judges 19 A Levite and His Concubine 19 In those days Israel had no king. Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in
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Read Judges 20 The Israelites Punish the Benjamites 20 Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before the Lord in
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Editor’s Note Typically Sunday is a rest day, but for Holy Week we are going to try something different. Each day (from Palm Sunday to
