Andrew Stepp Judges
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Review of Joshua Intro to Judges What went wrong The cycle The outline A few things to keep in mind Weekly Reading Plan
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Outline of Joshua: 1. Preparation to Enter the Promised Land (1:1-5:12) 2. The Partial Conquest of the Land (15:13-12:24) 3. The Distribution of the Land (13-21) 4. Covenant Renewal (22-24)
Choose this day whom you will serve!
Working together at your table list as many of the judges as you can. (There are twelve!)
Othniel Ehud Shamgar Deborah (Barak) Gideon Tola Jair Jephthah Ibzan Elon Abdon Samson
Let s start at the end
A rally cry goes out across Israel and they united as one man against this city. They muster 400,000 swordsmen. The Benjaminites do not want to give over the city. They muster 26,000 swordsmen and 700 left-handed stone slinging assassins. Each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. (20:16) Round One: Benji s strike down 22,000 Israelites Round Two: They strike down 18,000 Israelites. Round Three: The Israelites trick them and strike down 25,100 Benjaminites.
600 flee into the desert and hide for four months. Israel sacks all the towns of the Benjaminites and put everything to the sword and burn them down. But Israel eventually feels bad about this and want the Benjaminites to recover as a tribe. But they have no women left and the other Israelites have sworn not to give any of their daughters to a Benjaminite in marriage. So they raid Jabesh Gilead, kill everyone except the virgins who are given to the 700 Benjaminites who are left. Of course, there are not enough, so they orchestrate a raid during the annual festival of the Lord at Shiloh.
You have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake The LORD your God will push them back before you, and drive them out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God promised you. Therefore be very steadfast to observe and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses so that you may not be mixed with these nations hold fast to the LORD your God Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God. For if you turn back, and join the survivors of these nations they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes (Joshua 23:3-13; see also Numbers 33:51-56).
1:17-36 They did not 2:1-5 Consequences 2:6-19 The Cycle 3:5-6 The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 6 They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Rebel Ruin 2 Good examples: Othniel 3:7-11 Ehud 3:12-30 Rescue Repent
Remembrance Gratitude Humility Trust and Obedience (Think of Judges as Deuteronomic History)
1:1 3:6 Introduction: What went wrong and what s going to happen 3:7 16:31 The Twelve Judges 17:1 21:25 Epilogue: Two stories illustrating the main theme
Not like this A Lot like this
Leadership was: L O T
The 12 judges overlap chronologically (but not geographically). (see next slide) The book covers less than 200 years, not 390). In the last story, Aaron s Grandson is the priest at Shiloh. In the next to last story about idolatry, the priest is Moses grandson.
1200 Othniel 1170 Ehud 1150 Shamgar 1125 Deborah 1100 Gideon 1070 Jephthah 1070 Samson
The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD (Judg 2:11; 3:7; 3:12; 4:1; 6:1; 9:23; 10:6; 13:1). In those days there was no king of Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes (Judg 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25).
Gross Idolatry (Judges 17-18) Gross Immorality (19-21) It s a train wreck like Israel.
God is faithful Israel is unfaithful The covenant is an afterthought for them. They live among the Canaanites and act like them too. I told you so
Option 1: Joshua 1-21 = 5x4 + 1 Option 2: 1:1-3:6 The Setup 4-5 Deborah, Barak, and Jael 6-9 Gideon in context 13-16 The whole Samson drama 17-21 The Gross Epilogue (idolatry and immorality)
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