Hi, and welcome to
HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
reading in the book of Judges
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and Jephthah is
reviewing with the king of Ammon
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sort of a narrative of
Israel as they came from Egypt
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to the promised land
and the different parts of
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the wilderness
that they passed through
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and how they were
treated in those parts.
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But before we
continue, let's pray together.
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Dear Lord, thank you that
in the wildernesses that we
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pass through, you are always
with us and that you lead us
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today as surely as you
led the children of Israel.
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As we read your word today,
please lead us to as deeper
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understanding of you. We want
to know you more. We need you.
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Thank you for loving us.
We love you so much. Amen.
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We're picking up on
Judges, chapter 11, and verse 20
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But Sihon trusted not Israel
to pass through his coast:
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but Sihon gathered
all his people together,
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and pitched in Jahaz,
and fought against Israel.
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And the Lord God of
Israel delivered Sihon and
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all his people into the hand
of Israel, and they smote them:
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so Israel possessed all
the land of the Amorites
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the inhabitants of that country.
And they possessed all the
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coasts of the Amorites
from Arnon even unto Jabbok,
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and from the
wilderness even unto Jordan.
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So now the Lord God of Israel,
hath dispossessed the Amorites
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from before his people, Israel,
and shouldest thou possess it?
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Wilt not thou possess that which
Chemosh thy god giveth thee
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to possess? So whomsoever
the Lord our God shall drive out
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from before us, then
will we possess. And now
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art thou anything better
than Balak the son of Zippor,
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king of Moab? did he
ever strive against Israel,
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or did he ever fight
against them, while Israel dwelt
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in Heshbon and her towns,
and in Aroer and her towns,
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the cities that be along by
the coasts of Arnon, 300 years?
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why therefore did ye not
recover them within that time?
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Wherefore I have not sinned
against thee, but thou doest me
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wrong to war against me:
the Lord, the judge, be judge
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this day between the children
of Israel and the children of
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Ammon. Howbeit the king of
the children of Ammon hearkened
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not unto the words of
Jephthah which he sent him.
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Then the spirit of the
Lord came upon Jephthah,
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and he passed over Gilead, and
Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh
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of Gilead, and from Mizpeh
of Gilead, he passed over unto
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the children of Ammon.
And Jephthah vowed a vow
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unto the Lord and said,
If thou shalt without fail
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deliver the children of Ammon
into mine hands, then it shall
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be that whatsoever cometh forth
of the doors of my house to
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meet me when I return in peace
from the children of Ammon,
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shall surely be the Lord's and
I wilt offer it up for a burnt
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offering. So Jephthah passed
over unto the children of Ammon
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to fight against them;
and the Lord delivered them
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into his hands. And he smote
them from Aroer, even till thou
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come to Minnith, even 20
cities, and unto the plain of
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the vineyards, with a very great
slaughter. Thus the children of
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Ammon were subdued
before the children of Israel.
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And Jephthah came to Mizpeh
unto his house, and behold,
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his daughter came out
to meet him with timbrels
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and with dances: and she was his
only child; beside her he had
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neither son nor daughter. And
it came to pass, when he saw her
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that he rent his clothes
and said, Alas, my daughter!
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thou hast brought me very
low, and thou art one of them
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that trouble me: for I have
opened my mouth unto the Lord,
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and I cannot go back. And
she said unto him, My father,
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if thou hast opened thy
mouth unto the Lord, do to me
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according to that which
hath proceeded out of thy mouth;
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forasmuch as the Lord hath taken
vengeance for thee of thine
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enemies, even of the
children of Ammon. And she said
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unto her father, Let this thing
be done for me. Let me alone
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two months, that I may go
up and down upon the mountains,
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and bewail my virginity, I
and my fellows. And he said, Go.
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And he sent her away
for two months: and she went
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with her companions,
and bewailed her virginity
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upon the mountains. And
it came to pass at the end of
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two months, that she returned
unto her father, who did
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with her according to
his vow which he had vowed:
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and she knew no man. And
it was a custom in Israel,
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that the daughters of
Israel went yearly to lament
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the daughter of Jephthah
the Gileadite 4 days in a year.
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We're continuing in the
book of Judges, chapter 12.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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And the men of Ephraim
gathered themselves together,
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and went northward, and
said unto Jephthah, Wherefore
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passedst thou over to fight
against the children of Ammon,
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and didst not call us to go with
thee? we will burn thine house
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upon thee with fire.
And Jephthah said unto them,
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I and my people were at
great strife with the children
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of Ammon: and when I called you,
ye delivered me not out of their
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hands. And when I saw that ye
delivered me not, I put my life
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in my hand: and passed over
against the children of Ammon,
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and the Lord
delivered them into my hand:
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wherefore then are ye
come up unto me this day,
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to fight against me? Then
Jephthah gathered together
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all the men of Gilead,
and fought with Ephraim:
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and the men of
Gilead, smote Ephraim,
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because they said, Ye Gileadites
are fugitives of Ephraim
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among the Ephraimites,
and among the Manassites.
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And the Gileadites
took the passages of Jordan
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before the Ephraimites:
and it was so that when those
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Ephraimites which were
escaped said, Let me go over;
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that the men of Gilead said unto
him, Art thou and Ephraimite?
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If he said, Nay; then said they
unto him, Say now Shibboleth:
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and he said Sibboleth: for
he could not frame to pronounce
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it right. Then they took him,
and slew him at the passages
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of Jordan: and there fell
at that time of the Ephraimites
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forty and two thousand. And
Jephthath judged Israel 6 years.
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Then died Jephthath the
Gileadite, and was buried
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in on e of the cities of Gilead.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem
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judged Israel. And he had
30 sons, and 30 daughters,
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whom he sent abroad, and took
in thirty daughters from abroad
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for his sons. And he
judged Israel seven years.
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Then died Izban and
was buried at Bethlehem.
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And After him Elon, a Zebulonite
judged Israel; and he judged
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Israel 10 years. And Elon the
Zebulonite died, and was buried
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in Aijalon in the country
of Zebulun. And after him
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Abdon the son of Hillel, a
Pirathonite, judged Israel.
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And he had forty sons and
thirty nephews, that rode on
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threescore and ten ass colts:
and he judged Israel 8 years.
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And Abdon the son of
Hillel, the Pirathonite died,
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and was buried in
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim,
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in the mount of the Amalekites.
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We're continuing with
Judges, chapter thirteen,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And the children of Israel did
evil again in the sight of the
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Lord; and the Lord delivered
them into the hand of the
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Philistines 40 years. And
there was a certain man of Zorah
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of the family of the
Danites, whose name was Manoah;
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and his wife was barren,
and bare not. And the angel
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of the Lord appeared unto
the woman, and said unto her,
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Behold now, thou art barren,
and bearest not: but thou shalt
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conceive, and bear a son. Now
therefore beware, I pray thee,
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and drink not wine nor strong
drink, and eat not any unclean
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thing: For, lo, thou
shalt conceive and bear a son;
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and no razor
shall come on his head:
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for the child shall
be a Nazarite unto God
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from the womb and he
shall begin to deliver Israel
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out of the hand
of the Philistines.
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Then the woman came and
told her husband, saying,
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a man of God came unto
me, and his countenance
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was like the countenance of
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an angel of God, very terrible:
but I asked him not whence
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he was, neither
told he me his name:
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But he said unto me, Behold,
thou shalt conceive, and bear
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a son; and now drink no wine
nor strong drink, neither eat
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any unclean thing: for the
child shall be a Nazarite to God
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from the womb to the day of
his death. Then Manoah entreated
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the Lord, and said, O my
Lord, let the man of God which
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thou didst send come again unto
us, and teach us what we shall
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do unto the child that
shall be born. And God hearkened
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to the voice of Manoah; and
the angel of God came again unto
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the woman as she sat in the
field: but Manoah her husband
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was not with her. And
the woman made haste and ran,
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and shewed her husband, and
said unto him, Behold, the man
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hath appeared unto me,
that came unto me the other day.
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And Manoah arose,
and went after his wife,
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and came to the man and
said unto him, Art thou the man
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that spakest unto the woman? And
he said, I am. And Manoah said,
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Now let thy words come to pass.
How shall we order the child,
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and how shall we do unto him?
And the angel of the Lord said
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unto Manoah, Of all that I said
unto the woman let her beware.
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She may not eat of any
thing that cometh of the vine,
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neither let her drink wine
or strong drink, nor eat any
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unclean thing: all that I
commanded her let her observe.
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And Manoah said unto
the angel of the Lord,
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I pray thee, let us detain thee,
until we shall have made ready
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a kid for thee. And the angel
of the Lord said unto Manoah,
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Though thou detain me, I
will not eat of thy bread:
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and if thou wilt offer a burnt
offering, thou must offer it
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unto the Lord. For Manoah
knew not that he was an angel
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of the Lord. And Manoah
said unto the angel of the Lord,
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What is thy name, that when thy
sayings come to pass we may do
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the honour? And the angel of the
Lord said unto him, Why askest
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thou thus after my
name, seeing it is secret?
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So Manoah took a kid with
a meat offering, and offered
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it upon a rock unto the Lord:
and the angel did wonderously;
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and Manoah and his wife
looked on. For it came to pass,
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when the flame went up toward
heaven from off the altar,
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that the angel of the
Lord ascended in the flame
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of the altar. And Manoah and his
wife looked on it, and fell on
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their faces to the ground.
But the angel of the Lord did no
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more appear to Manoah and to
his wife. Then Manoah knew that
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he was an angel of the Lord.
And Manoah said unto his wife,
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We shall surely die, because we
have seen God. But his wife said
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unto him, If the Lord
were pleased to kill us,
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he would not have received
a burnt offering and a meat
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offering at our hands,
neither would he have shewed us
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all these things, nor would
as at this time have told us
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such things as these.
And the woman bare a son,
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and called his name
Samson: and the child grew,
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and the Lord blessed him.
And the spirit of the Lord began
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to move him at times in the camp
of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol
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We're continuing in the
book of Judges, chapter 14,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And Samson went down to Timnath,
and saw a woman in Timnath
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of the daughters of the
Philistines. And he came up,
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and told his father
and his mother, and said,
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I have seen a woman in
Timnath of the daughters of
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the Philistines: now therefore
get her for me to wife.
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Then his father and his mother
said unto him, Is there never
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a woman among the daughters
of thy brethren, or among all
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my people, that thou goest to
take a wife of the uncircumcised
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Philistines? And Samson said
unto his father, Get her for me;
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for she pleaseth me well.
But his father and his mother
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knew not that it was of the
Lord that he sought an occasion
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against the Philistines? for
at that time the Philistines had
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dominion over Israel. Then
went Samson down, and his father
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and his mother, to Timnath,
and came to the vineyards
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of Timnath: and behold a
young lion roared against him.
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And the spirit of the Lord came
mightily upon him, and he rent
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him as he would have rent a kid,
and he had nothing in his hand:
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but he told not his father
or his mother what he had done.
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And he went down, and talked
to the woman; and she pleased
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Samson well. And after a
time he returned to take her,
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and he turned aside to see the
carcass of the lion: and behold,
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there was a swarm of bees and
honey in the carcass of the lion
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and he took thereof in his hands
and went on eating, and came
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to his father and mother, and
he gave them, and they did eat:
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but he told not them
that he had taken the honey
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out of the carcass of the
lion. So his father went down
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unto the woman: and Samson
made there a feast; for so used
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the young men to do. And it
came to pass, when they saw him,
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that they brought 30 companions
to be with him. And Samson said
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unto them, I will now put forth
a riddle unto you: if ye can
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certainly declare it me within
the seven days of the feast,
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and find it out, then I
will give you thirty sheets
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and thirty change of garments:
But if ye cannot declare it me,
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then shall ye give me 30 sheets
and 30 change of garments.
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And they said unto
him, Put forth thy riddle,
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that we may hear it.
We'll pick up the story
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the next time we're together,
and until then, thank you for
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joining with me, and my
God keep us all by his grace
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and mercy. Goodbye.
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