Judges 6 - 8
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k The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of l Midian seven years.
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And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and m the caves and the strongholds.
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For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and n the Amalekites and o the people of the East would come up against them.
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They would encamp against them p and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey.
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For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come q like locusts in number - both they and their camels could not be counted - so that they laid waste the land as they came in.
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And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel r cried out for help to the Lord.
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When the people of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of the Midianites,
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the Lord sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: s I led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage.
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And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and t drove them out before you and gave you their land.
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And I said to you, 'I am the Lord your God; u you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.' But you have not obeyed my voice."
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Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash v the Abiezrite, while his son w Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
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And x the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, y "The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor."
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And Gideon said to him, "Please, sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are z all his wonderful deeds a that our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian."
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And the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; b do not I send you?"
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And he said to him, c "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, d my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
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And the Lord said to him, e "But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
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And he said to him, f "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then g show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
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Please h do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you." And he said, "I will stay till you return."
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So Gideon went into his house i and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the terebinth and presented them.
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And the angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them j on this rock, and k pour the broth over them." And he did so.
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Then the angel of the Lord reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes. l And fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.
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Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord. And Gideon said, m "Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face."
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But the Lord said to him, n "Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die."
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Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, o The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at p Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.
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That night the Lord said to him, "Take your father's bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down q the Asherah that is beside it
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and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the r stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down."
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So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.
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When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.
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And they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And after they had searched and inquired, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."
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Then the men of the town said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has broken down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it."
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But Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down."
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Therefore on that day Gideon was called s Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he broke down his altar.
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Now t all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came together, and they crossed the Jordan and encamped in u the Valley of Jezreel.
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But v the Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon, w and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him.
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x And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. x And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them.
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y Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,
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behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said."
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And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.
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Then Gideon said to God, z "Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew."
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And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
Judges 7
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Then a Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside b the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, c by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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The Lord said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, d lest Israel boast over me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.'
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Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, e 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home and hurry away from Mount Gilead.'" Then 22,000 of the people returned, and 10,000 remained.
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And the Lord said to Gideon, "The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there, and anyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' shall go with you, and anyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' shall not go."
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So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, "Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink."
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And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
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And the Lord said to Gideon, f "With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home."
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So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets. And he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the 300 men. And the camp of Midian was below him g in the valley.
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That same h night the Lord said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp, i for I have given it into your hand.
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But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant.
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j And you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp." k Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men who were in the camp.
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And the Midianites and the Amalekites and l all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, m as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.
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When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat."
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And his comrade answered, "This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given into his hand Midian and all the camp."
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As soon as Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped. And he returned to the camp of Israel and said, "Arise, for the Lord has given the host of Midian into your hand."
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And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with n torches inside the jars.
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And he said to them, "Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do.
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When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, o 'For the Lord and for Gideon.'"
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So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.
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Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. o And they cried out, "A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!"
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Every man stood in his place around the camp, p and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.
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q When they blew the 300 trumpets, r the Lord set s every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
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And the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.
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t Gideon sent messengers throughout u all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as v Beth-barah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.
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And they captured w the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb x at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon y across the Jordan.
Judges 8
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z Then the men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight against Midian?" And they accused him fiercely.
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And he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not a the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
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b God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?" c Then their anger against him subsided when he said this.
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And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and d the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.
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So he said to the men of e Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."
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And the officials of Succoth said, f "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, g that we should give bread to your army?"
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So Gideon said, "Well then, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, h I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."
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And from there he went up to i Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
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And he said to the men of Penuel, j "When I come again in peace, k I will break down this tower."
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Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all who were left of all the army of l the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men m who drew the sword.
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And Gideon went up by the way of the tent dwellers east of n Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the army, for the army felt o secure.
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And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them p and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw all the army into a panic.
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Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.
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And he captured a young man of Succoth and questioned him. And he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men.
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And he came to the men of Succoth and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, q 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are exhausted?'"
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And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson.
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r And he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
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Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Where are the men whom you killed at s Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they. Every one of them resembled the son of a king."
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And he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. t As the Lord lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you."
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So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise and kill them!" But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man.
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Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and u killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took v the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
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Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian."
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Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; w the Lord will rule over you."
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And Gideon said to them, "Let me make a request of you: every one of you give me the earrings from his spoil." (For they had golden earrings, x because they were Ishmaelites.)
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And they answered, "We will willingly give them." And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil.
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And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides y the crescent ornaments and z the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
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And Gideon a made an ephod of it and put it in his city, b in Ophrah. And all Israel c whored after it there, and it became a d snare to Gideon and to his family.
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So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. e And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
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f Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
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Now Gideon had g seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.
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And his concubine h who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
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And Gideon the son of Joash died i in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, j at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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k As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and l whored after the Baals and made m Baal-berith their god.
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And the people of Israel n did not remember the Lord their God, who had delivered them from the hand of all their enemies on every side,
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o and they did not show steadfast love to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.
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Judges 2:19
But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.
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Genesis 25:2
She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Numbers 25:17 - 18
Harass the Midianites and strike them down.
Habakkuk 3:7
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
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1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns.
Hebrews 11:38
Of whom the world was not worthy - wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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Judges 3:13
He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms.
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Judges 6:33
Now all the Midianites and the Amalekites and t...
Judges 7:12
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all t...
Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with thei...
Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the ...
1 Kings 4:30
So that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom o...
Job 1:3
He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yok...
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Leviticus 26:16
Then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Deuteronomy 28:30 - 33
You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:51
It shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
Micah 6:15
You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
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Judges 7:12
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.
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Judges 3:9
But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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1 Samuel 10:18
And he said to the people of Israel, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.
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Psalms 44:2 - 3
You with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free.
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Joshua 24:15
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
2 Kings 17:35 - 38
The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, "You shall not fear other gods or bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them.
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Judges 8:2
And he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
Joshua 17:2
And allotments were made to the rest of the people of Manasseh by their clans, Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph, by their clans.
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Hebrews 11:32
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -
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Judges 13:3
And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.
Luke 1:11
And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
Acts 10:3
About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, "Cornelius.
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Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
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Psalms 89:49
Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me.
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Psalms 44:1
O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
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1 Samuel 12:11
And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
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Exodus 3:11
But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?
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1 Samuel 9:21
Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?
1 Samuel 18:18
And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
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Exodus 3:12
He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
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Exodus 33:13
Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.
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2 Kings 20:8 - 9
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?
Isaiah 7:11
"Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."
Judges 6:36 - 37
Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.
Exodus 4:1 - 8
Then Moses answered, "But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, 'The Lord did not appear to you.'
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Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "Please let us detain you and prepare a young goat for you.
Genesis 18:3 - 5
And said, "O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.
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Genesis 18:6 - 8
And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.
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Judges 13:19
So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord, to the one who works wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching.
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1 Kings 18:33 - 34
And he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.
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Leviticus 9:24
And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
2 Chronicles 7:1
As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
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Judges 13:21 - 22
The angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord.
Genesis 32:30
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.
Exodus 33:20
But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.
Deuteronomy 5:26
For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we have, and has still lived?
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Daniel 10:19
And he said, "O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage." And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, "Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.
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Genesis 22:14
So Abraham called the name of that place, "The Lord will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner.
Ezekiel 48:35
The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.
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Judges 6:11
Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
Judges 8:27
And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.
Judges 8:32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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Judges 3:7
And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
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Daniel 11:7
And from a branch from her roots one shall arise in his place. He shall come against the army and enter the fortress of the king of the north, and he shall deal with them and shall prevail.
Daniel 11:10
His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall keep coming and overflow and pass through, and again shall carry the war as far as his fortress.
Daniel 11:31
Forces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the regular burnt offering. And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
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Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
1 Samuel 12:11
And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.
2 Samuel 11:21
Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then you shall say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'
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Judges 6:3
For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
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Joshua 17:16
The people of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.
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Judges 3:10
The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
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Judges 3:27
When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim. Then the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was their leader.
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Judges 7:24
Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.
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Judges 7:24
Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.
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Judges 6:36 - 40
Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.
Exodus 4:1 - 7
Then Moses answered, "But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, 'The Lord did not appear to you.
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Genesis 18:32
Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.
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Judges 6:32
Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he broke down his altar.
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1 Samuel 29:1
Now the Philistines had gathered all their forces at Aphek. And the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel.
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Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
Deuteronomy 11:30
Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oak of Moreh?
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Deuteronomy 8:17
Beware lest you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.
Isaiah 10:13
For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
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Deuteronomy 20:8
And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, 'Is there any man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest he make the heart of his fellows melt like his own.
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1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.
2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa cried to the Lord his God, "O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.
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Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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Genesis 46:2 - 3
And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here am I.
1 Kings 3:5
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, "Ask what I shall give you.
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Judges 3:28
And he said to them, "Follow after me, for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.
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Judges 7:13 - 15
When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
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1 Samuel 14:9 - 10
If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them.
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Judges 6:3
For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
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Joshua 11:4
And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.
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Judges 15:4
So Samson went and caught 300 foxes and took torches. And he turned them tail to tail and put a torch between each pair of tails.
Genesis 15:17
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
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Exodus 14:13 - 14
And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
2 Chronicles 20:17
You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.
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Judges 7:18
When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, 'For the Lord and for Gideon.'
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2 Kings 7:7
So they fled away in the twilight and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, leaving the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.
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Joshua 6:4
Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
Joshua 6:16
And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.
Joshua 6:20
So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.
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Psalms 83:9
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon.
Isaiah 9:4
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
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1 Samuel 14:20
Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle. And behold, every Philistine's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.
2 Chronicles 20:23
For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.
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Judges 6:35
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them.
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Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 3:28
And he said to them, "Follow after me, for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.
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Judges 8:3
God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger against him subsided when he said this.
Psalms 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
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Isaiah 10:26
And the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt.
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Judges 8:4
And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.
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Judges 12:1
The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.
2 Samuel 19:41
Then all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, "Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?
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Isaiah 24:13
For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
Jeremiah 49:9
If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
Obadiah 1:5
If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night - how you have been destroyed! - would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
Micah 7:1
Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
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Judges 7:24 - 25
Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.
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Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Judges 7:6
And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
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Genesis 33:17
But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Psalms 60:6
God has spoken in his holiness: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
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1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.'
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1 Samuel 25:11
Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?
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Judges 8:16
And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson.
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Genesis 32:30 - 31
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.
1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.
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1 Kings 22:27 - 28
And say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, until I come in peace."'
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Judges 8:17
And he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
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Judges 6:3
For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
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Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tr...
Judges 20:15
And the people of Benjamin mustered out of thei...
Judges 20:17
And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mus...
Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went against them out of Gibeah th...
Judges 20:35
And the Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel, a...
Judges 20:46
So all who fell that day of Benjamin were 25,00...
2 Samuel 24:9
And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the p...
2 Kings 3:26
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was g...
1 Chronicles 21:5
And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the p...
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Numbers 32:35
Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah.
Numbers 32:42
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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Judges 18:27
But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
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Psalms 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
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Judges 8:6
And the officials of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
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1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.
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Judges 4:6
She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, "Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, 'Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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Psalms 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna.
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Judges 8:26
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
Isaiah 3:18
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents.
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1 Samuel 8:7
And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
1 Samuel 10:19
But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, 'Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.
1 Samuel 12:12
And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' when the Lord your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:17
Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.
1 Samuel 12:19
And all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.
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Genesis 37:25
Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:28
Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.
Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
Genesis 39:1
Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.
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Judges 8:21
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
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Isaiah 3:19
The pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves.
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Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, "Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.
Judges 18:17
And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.
Exodus 28:6 - 35
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked.
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Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.
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Judges 8:33
As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and whored after the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.
Judges 2:17
Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so.
Exodus 34:15
Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice.
Psalms 106:39
Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds.
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Exodus 23:33
They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.
Deuteronomy 7:16
And you shall consume all the peoples that the Lord your God will give over to you. Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
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Judges 3:11
So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Judges 5:31
So may all your enemies perish, O Lord! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might." And the land had rest for forty years.
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Judges 6:32
Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he broke down his altar.
Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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Judges 9:2
"Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."
Judges 9:5
And he went to his father's house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.
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Judges 9:1 - 2
Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family.
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Genesis 15:15
As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 25:8
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Job 5:26
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
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Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.
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Judges 2:19
But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.
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Judges 8:27
And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.
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Judges 9:4
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
Judges 9:46
When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith.
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Psalms 78:11
They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them.
Psalms 78:42
They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe.
Psalms 106:13
But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
Psalms 106:21
They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt.
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Judges 9:16 - 18
Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and integrity when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and have done to him as his deeds deserved -
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