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Judges · read by Ed Miller
40 verses, in order. Only the verses Ed read aloud are shown.
Judges 2
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When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.Read from NASB1995 · (Angel of the Lord) 03 - Joshua
Judges 6
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Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #2: The Preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ
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He sent them a prophet, who told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #2: The Preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ
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And I said to you: 'I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.' But you did not obey Me."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #2: The Preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ
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And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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"Please, my Lord," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, 'Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?' But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?"Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You." And the LORD said, "I will stay until you return."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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But the LORD said to him, "Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord
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On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, "Take your father's young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father's altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #2: The Preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ
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So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #2: The Preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ
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So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram's horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Then Gideon said to God, "If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #2: The Preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ
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then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #2: The Preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ
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And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #2: The Preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ
Judges 7
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Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.'Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, "There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go. But if I say, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram's horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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"Watch me and do as I do," Gideon said. "When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon!'"Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #3: The Manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, "Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah." So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #4: The Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ
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They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #4: The Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ
Judges 8
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Then the Israelites said to Gideon, "Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #4: The Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ
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But Gideon replied, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you."Read from NASB1995 · Gideon #4: The Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ
Judges 13
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Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #2) Enemy
Judges 21
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In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.Read from ESV · Gideon #1: The Presence of the Lord