Hello, welcome to
HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today,
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to read the scripture together.
Let's pray before we start.
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Dear Lord, thank you
for this time apart with you
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in your presence, hearing your
word. May it give us the power
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and the strength, to serve you
better. And may it be a light
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for our path and wisdom for
our life. We love you so much
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and thank you
for loving us. Amen.
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We are starting today
in the book of Judges,
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chapter 2, verse 10. This
is the King James Version.
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And also all that generation
were gathered unto their fathers
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and there arose
another generation after them
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which knew not the
Lord, nor yet the works
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which he had done for Israel.
And the children of Israel
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did evil in the sight of
the Lord, and served Baalim.
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And they forsook the
Lord God of their fathers,
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which brought them
out of the land of Egypt,
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and followed other gods,
of the gods of the people
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that were round about them,
and bowed themselves unto them,
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and provoked the Lord to anger.
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And they forsook the Lord
and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
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And the anger of the
Lord was hot against Israel,
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and he delivered them
into the hands of spoilers
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that spoiled them, and
he sold them into the hands
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of their enemies round about, so
that they could not any longer
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stand before their enemies.
Whithersoever they went out,
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the hand of the Lord
was against them for evil,
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as the Lord had said, and as
the Lord has sworn unto them:
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and they were
greatly distressed.
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Nevertheless, the Lord raised
up judges, which delivered them
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out of the hand of
those that spoiled them.
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And yet they would not
hearken unto their judges,
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but they went a-whoring after
other gods, and bowed themselves
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unto them: they
turned quickly out of the way
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which their fathers walked
in, obeying the commandments of
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the Lord, but they did not
so. And when the lord raised
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them up judges, then
the Lord was with the judge,
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and delivered them out
of the hand of their enemies
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all the days of the
judge: for it repented the Lord
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because of their groanings
by reason of them that oppressed
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them and vexed them. And it
came to pass, when the judge
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was dead, that they returned
and corrupted themselves
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more than their
fathers, in following other gods
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to serve them and
to bow down unto them;
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they ceased not from their own
doings, nor from their stubborn
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way. And the anger of the
Lord was hot against Israel;
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and he said, Because that
this people hath transgressed
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my covenant which I
commanded their fathers,
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and have not
hearkened unto my voice;
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I also will not henceforth
drive out any from before them
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of the nations which
Joshua left when he died:
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That through them I may prove
Israel, whether they will keep
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the way of the Lord to walk
therein, as their fathers did
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keep it, or not. Therefore
the Lord left those nations,
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without driving
them out hastily;
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neither delivered he
them into the hand of Joshua.
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We're in the book of
Judges, chapter three,
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this is the King James version.
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Now these are the nations which
the Lord left, to prove Israel
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by them, even as many
of Israel as had not known
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all the wars of Canaan;
Only that the generations
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of the children of Israel
might know, to teach them war,
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at the least such as
before knew nothing thereof;
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Namely, five lords
of the Philistines,
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and all the
Canaanites, and the Sidonians,
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and the Hivites that
dwelt in mount Lebanon,
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from mount Baalhermon
unto the entering in of Hamath.
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And they were to
prove Israel by them,
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to know whether they would
hearken unto the commandments
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of the Lord, which he
commanded their fathers
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by the hand of Moses. And
the children of Israel dwelt
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among the Canaanites, Hittites,
and Amorites, and Perizzites,
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and Hivites, and Jebusites:
And they took their daughters
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to be their wives, and gave
their daughters to their sons,
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and served their gods.
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And the children of Israel did
evil in the sight of the Lord,
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and forgat the Lord their God,
and served Baalim and the groves
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therefore the anger of the
Lord was hot against Israel,
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and he sold them into
the hand of Chushanrishathaim
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king of Mesopotamia: and
the children of Israel served
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Chushanrishathaim eight years.
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And when the children of
Israel cried unto the Lord,
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the Lord raised up a deliverer
to the children of Israel,
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who delivered them, even
Othiniel the son of Kenaz,
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Caleb's younger brother.
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And the spirit of the Lord came
upon him, and he judged Israel,
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and went out to war: and the
Lord delivered Chushanrishathaim
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king of
Mesopotamia into his hand;
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and his hand prevailed
against Chushanrishathaim.
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And the land had rest 40 years.
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And Othniel the
son of Kenaz died.
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And the children of
Israel did evil again
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in the sight of the Lord:
and the Lord strengthened Eglon
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the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had done evil
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in the sight of the
Lord. And he gathered unto him
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the children of Ammon and Amalek
and went and smote Israel,
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and possessed the
city of palm trees.
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So the children of Israel served
Eglon the king of Moab 18 years.
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But when the children of
Israel cried unto the Lord,
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the Lord raise them up a
deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera,
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a Benjamite, a man
lefthanded: and by him
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the children of Israel
sent a present unto Eglon
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the king of Moab. And Ehud made
him a dagger which had 2 edges,
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of a cubit length; and he
did gird it under his raiment
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upon his right thigh. And he
brought the present unto Eglon
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king of Moab: and
Eglon was a very fat man.
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And when he had made an
end to offer the present,
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he sent away the
people that bare the present.
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But he himself turned
again from the quarries
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that were by Gilgal, and said, I
have a secret errand unto thee,
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O king: who said, Keep silence.
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And all that stood by
him went out from him.
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And Ehud came unto him; and he
was sitting in a summer parlour,
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which he had for himself alone.
And Ehud said, I have a message
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from God unto thee. And
he arose out of his seat.
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And Ehud put forth his
left hand and took the dagger
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from his right thigh,
and thrust it into his belly:
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And the haft also
went in after the blade;
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and the fat closed upon
the blade, so that he could not
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draw the dagger out of his
belly; and the dirt came out.
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Then Ehud went forth through
the porch, and shut the doors
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of the parlour upon
him, and locked them.
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When he was gone out,
his servants came; and
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when they saw that, behold the
doors of the parlour were locked
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they said, Surely he covereth
his feet in his summer chamber.
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And they tarried till
they were ashamed: and behold,
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he opened not the
doors of the parlour;
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therefore they took
a key, and opened them:
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and, behold, their lord was
fallen down dead on the earth.
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And Ehud escaped while
they tarried, and passed beyond
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the quarries, and
escaped unto Seirath.
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And it came to pass, when he
was come, that he blew a trumpet
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in the mountain of Ephraim,
and the children of Israel
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went down with him from
the mount, and he before them.
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And he said unto
them, Follow after me:
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for the Lord hath delivered
your enemies the Moabites
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into your hand. And
they went down after him,
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and took the fords
of Jordan toward Moab,
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and suffered not
a man to pass over.
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And they slew of Moab at that
time about ten thousand men,
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all lusty and all men of Valour;
and there escaped not a man.
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So Moab was subdued that
day under the hand of Israel.
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And the land had
rest fourscore years.
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And after him was
Shamgar the son of Anath,
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which slew of the Philistines
600 men with an ox goad:
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and he also delivered Israel.
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We're continuing to read in the
book of Judges, chapter four,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And the children of Israel
again did evil in the sight
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of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
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And the Lord sold them into the
hand of Jabin king of Canaan,
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that reigned in Hazor; the
captain of whose host was Sisera
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which dwelt in
Harosheth of the Gentiles.
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And the children of
Israel cried unto the Lord:
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for he had 900 chariots of
iron; and 20 years he mightily
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oppressed the
children of Israel.
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And Deborah, a prophetess,
the wife of Lapidoth,
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she judged Israel at that time.
And she dwelt under the palm
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tree of Deborah
between Ramah and Bethel
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in mount Ephraim; and
the children of Israel
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came up to her for judgment.
And she sent and called Barak
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the son of Abinoam
out of Kedesh-naphtali,
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and said unto him, Hath not the
Lord God of Israel commanded,
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saying, Go and draw toward
mount Tabor, and take with
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thee 10,000 men of
the children of Naphtali
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and of the children of Zebulun?
And I will draw unto thee
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to the river Kishon, Sisera,
the captain of Jabin's army,
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with his chariots
and his multitude;
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and I will deliver
him into thine hand.
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And Barak said unto
her, If thou wilt go with me,
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then I will go: but if
thou wilt not go with me,
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then I will not go. And she
said, I will surely go with thee
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notwithstanding the journey
that thou takest shall not be
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for thine honour; for
the Lord shall sell Sisera
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into the hand of a woman.
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And Deborah arose and
went with Barak to Kedesh.
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And Barak called
Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh;
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and he went up with
10,00 men at his feet:
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And Deborah went up with him.
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Now Heber the Kenite, which
was of the children of Hobab
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the father in law of
Moses, had severed himself
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from the Kenites, and
pitched his tent unto the plain
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of Zaanaim, which is by
Kadesh. And they shewed Sisera
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that Barak the son of Abinoam
was gone up to mount Tabor.
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And Sisera gathered together
all his chariots, even 900
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chariots of iron, and all
the people that were with him,
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from Harosheth of the Gentiles
unto the river of Kishon.
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And Deborah said unto
Barak, Up; for this is the day
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in which the Lord hath delivered
Sisera into thine hand:
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is not the Lord
gone out before thee?
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So Barak went down from mount
Tabor, and 10,000 men after him.
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And the Lord discomfited
Sisera, and all his chariots,
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and all his host, with the
edge of the sword before Barak;
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so that Sisera
lighted down off his chariot,
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and fled away on his
feet. But Barak pursued after
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the chariots, and after
the host, unto Harosheth
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of the Gentiles: and
all the host of Sisera fell
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upon the edge of the sword;
and there was not a man left.
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Howbeit Sisera fled away on
his feet to the tent of Jael
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the wife of Heber the
Kenite: for there was peace
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between Jabin the king of
Hazor and the house of Heber
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the Kenite. And Jael went out to
meet Sisera, and said unto him,
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Turn in, my lord,
turn in to me; fear not.
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And when he had turned
in unto her into the tent,
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she covered him with a
mantle. And he said unto her,
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Give me, I pray thee
a little water to drink;
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for I am thirsty. And
she opened a bottle of milk,
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and gave him
drink, and covered him.
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Again he said unto her,
Stand in the door of the tent,
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and it shall be, when any man
doth come and inquire of thee,
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and say, Is there any man
here? that thou shalt say, No.
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Then Jael Heber's wife
took a nail of the tent,
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and took an hammer in her
hand, and went softly unto him,
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and smote the nail into
his temples, and fastened it
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into the ground: for he was fast
asleep and weary. So he died.
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And, behold, as Barak pursued
Sisera, Jael came out to meet
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him and said unto him, Come,
and I will shew thee the man
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whom thou seekest. And when
he came into her tent, behold,
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Sisera lay dead, and
the nail was in his temples.
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So God subdued on that
day Jabin the king of Canaan
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before the children of Israel.
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And the hand of the
children of Israel prospered,
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and prevailed against
Jabin the king of Canaan,
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until they had destroyed
Jabin the king of Canaan.
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We're continuing now in
the book of Judges, chapter 5,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Then sang Deborah and Barak
the son of Abinoam on that day,
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saying, Praise ye the Lord
for the avenging of Israel,
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when the people
willingly offered themselves.
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Hear, O ye kings; give
ear, O ye princes; I, even I,
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will sing unto the Lord; I
will sing praise to the Lord God
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of Israel. Lord when
thou wentest out of Seir,
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when thou marchedst
out of the field of Edom,
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the earth trembled,
and the heavens dropped,
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the clouds also dropped
water. The mountains melted
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from before the Lord, even that
Sinai from before the Lord, God
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of Israel. In the days
of Shamgar the son of Anath,
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in the days of Jael, the
highways were unoccupied,
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and the travelers
walked through byways.
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The inhabitants of the villages
ceased, they ceased in Israel,
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until that I Deborah arose,
that I arose a mother in Israel.
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Thy chose new gods;
then was war in the gates:
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was there a shield or spear
seen among 40,000 in Israel?
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My heart is toward
the governors of Israel,
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that offered themselves
willingly among the people
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Bless ye the Lord. Speak
ye that ride on white asses,
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ye that sit in
judgment, and walk by the way.
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They that are delivered
from the noise of archers
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in the places of drawing
water, there shall they rehearse
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the righteous acts of the
Lord, even the righteous acts
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toward the inhabitants
of his villages in Israel:
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then shall the people of
the Lord go down to the gates.
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Awake, awake, Deborah:
awake, awake, utter a song:
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Arise, Barak, and
lead thy captivity captive,
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thou son of Abinoam.
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Then he made him that remaineth
have dominion over the nobles
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among the people; the
Lord made me to have dominion
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over the mighty. - Thank
you for being with me today
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to read the Bible. Until
we're together again, Goodbye.
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