Contemplative Bible Reading

Judges 7:10-11 (New Living Translation) 10 But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah. 11 Listen to what the Midianites are saying, and you will be greatly encouraged. Then you will be eager to attack.” This is one of the little-known verses in the (hi)story of Gideon. […]

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Judges 13:6 (New Living Translation) The woman ran and told her husband, “A man of God appeared to me! He looked like on of God’s angels, terrifying to see. I didn’t ask where he was from, and he didn’t tell me his name. We seem to think that angels are glorious. We show our children […]

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Judges 8:22-23 (New Living Translation) 22 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Be our ruler! You and your son and your grandson will be our rulers, for you have rescued us from Midian.” 23 But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The Lord will rule over you! Gideon had […]

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Judges 2:1-4 (New Living Translation) The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said to the Israelites, “I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with you. 2 For your part, you were not […]

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Judges 10:15 (New Living Translation) But the Israelites pleaded with the LORD and said, “We have sinned. Punish us as you see fit, only rescue us today from our enemies.” People are short sighted – all of us. But really, consider the above verse. The Israelites were being tormented by their enemies. This torment was […]

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Judges 16:15-16 (New International Version 2011) 15 Then she (Delilah) said to him (Samson), “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.” 16 With such nagging she prodded […]

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Judges 1:27-31  (New International Version) 27 But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land. 28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out […]

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Jedges 16:20-22 (New International Version 2011) 20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had left him. 21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took […]

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Judges 9:1-6 (New International Version) 1 Abimelech 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 citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I […]

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Judges 16:28 (New International Version) Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” Samson prays the above just before his death. Samson’s history is recorded in Judges chapters 13 […]

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