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Judges · read by Willie Mullan
60 verses, in order. Only the verses Willie read aloud are shown.
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 KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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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 KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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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 KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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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 KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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"Surely I will be with you," the LORD replied, "and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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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 KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal's altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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"Who did this?" they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, "Gideon son of Joash did it."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal's altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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But Joash said to all who stood against him, "Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.Read from KJV · The Eternal Spirit in Old Testament Times
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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 KJV · The Eternal Spirit in Old Testament Times
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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 KJV · The Eternal Spirit Walking in the Spirit
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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 KJV · The Eternal Spirit Walking in the Spirit
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And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.Read from KJV · The Eternal Spirit Walking in the Spirit
Judges 7
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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 · (Men God Made) Gideon
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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 · (Men God Made) Gideon
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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 · (Men God Made) Gideon
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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 · (Men God Made) Gideon
Judges 8
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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 KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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Then he added, "Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder." (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Gideon
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 KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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So the woman went and told her husband, "A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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But he said to me, 'Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.'"Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, "Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, "Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!"Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?" "I am," he said.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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Then Manoah asked, "When your words come to pass, what will be the boy's rule of life and mission?"Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, "Your wife is to do everything I told her.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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"Please stay here," Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "and we will prepare a young goat for you."Read from KJV · (Revelation) No Trumpets Sounding
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And the angel of the LORD replied, "Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD." For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Revelation) No Trumpets Sounding
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Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?"Read from KJV · (Revelation) No Trumpets Sounding
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"Why do you ask my name," said the angel of the LORD, "since it is beyond comprehension?"Read from KJV · (Revelation) No Trumpets Sounding
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Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.Read from KJV · (Revelation) No Trumpets Sounding
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When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.Read from KJV · (Revelation) No Trumpets Sounding
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And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Revelation) No Trumpets Sounding
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"We are going to die," he said to his wife, "for we have seen God!"Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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But his wife replied, "If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
Judges 14
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One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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But his father and mother replied, "Can't you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?" But Samson told his father, "Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes."Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
Judges 16
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Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
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However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.Read from KJV · (Men God Made) Samson
Judges 18
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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 · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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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 · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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And the priest told them, "Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey."Read from KJV · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.Read from KJV · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house.Read from KJV · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.Read from KJV · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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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 · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.Read from KJV · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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After they had taken Micah's idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.Read from KJV · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.Read from KJV · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth
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So they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.Read from KJV · (Revelation) God Allowing Persecution on Earth