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Judges · read by Paris Reidhead
62 verses, in order. Only the verses Paris read aloud are shown.
Judges 2
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Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you,Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.' Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you."Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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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 KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.Read from KJV · (So Great a Salvation) Not Loving the World
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Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
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Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.Read from KJV · Dangers of Third Generation Religion
Judges 3
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So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.Read from KJV · (So Great a Salvation) Not Loving the World
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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: 'Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.'" So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.Read from KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams' horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.Read from KJV · Finding Your Place
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That night the LORD said to Gideon, "Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.Read from KJV · Finding Your Place
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But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant PurahRead from KJV · Finding Your Place
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and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp." So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.Read from KJV · Finding Your Place
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Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.Read from KJV · Finding Your Place
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And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. "Behold, I had a dream," he said, "and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed."Read from KJV · Finding Your Place
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His friend replied: "This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand."Read from KJV · Finding Your Place
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When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, "Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand."Read from KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
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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 KJV · Finding Your Place
Judges 17
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Now a man named Micah from the hill country of EphraimRead from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt - Part 1
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said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD!"Read from KJV · Audio Sermon: Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son's benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you."Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (Audio)
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So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon: Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (High Quality)
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And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt - Part 1
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This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (Audio)
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"Where are you from?" Micah asked him. "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he replied, "and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place."Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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"Stay with me," Micah said to him, "and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions." So the Levite went inRead from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt - Part 1
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and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (High Quality)
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Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest."Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (Full Sermon)
Judges 18
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In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt - Part 1
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So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. "Go and explore the land," they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (Audio)
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And while they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?"Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt - Part 1
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"Micah has done this and that for me," he replied, "and he has hired me to be his priest."Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (Full Sermon)
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Then they said to him, "Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey."Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (Audio)
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And the priest told them, "Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey."Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (Audio)
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Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, "Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do."Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt - Part 1
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So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon: Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon: Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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When they entered Micah's house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"Read from KJV · Audio Sermon: Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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"Be quiet," they told him. "Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?"Read from KJV · Audio Sermon: Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.Read from KJV · Audio Sermon: Ten Shekels and a Shirt
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Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.Read from KJV · Ten Shekels and a Shirt (High Quality)