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Welcome to Immerse: the daily bible

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reading experience. Day 100 and 76

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again, the Israelites did evil in the Lord's

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sight. They served the images of

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Baal at Terre and

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the gods of Arum, Seden,

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Moab, Amon, and

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Philistia. They abandoned

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the Lord and no longer served him at all.

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So the Lord burned with anger against Israel

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and he turned them over to the Philistines and

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the Ammonites who began to oppress

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them that year. For 18

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years, they oppressed all the Israelites

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east of the Jordan River and the land of the

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Amorites that is in Gilead.

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The Ammonites also crossed to the west side

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of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin,

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and Efraim. The

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Israelites were in great distress. Finally,

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they cried out to the Lord for help saying,

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we have sinned against you because we

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have abandoned you as our God

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and have served the images of Baal. The

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Lord replied, did I not

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rescue you from the Egyptians, the

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Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

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the Ians, the Amalekites

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and the Manites. When they

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oppressed you, you cried out to me for

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help and I rescued you. Yet

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you have abandoned me and served other

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gods, so I will not

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rescue you anymore. Go

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and cry out to the gods you have chosen.

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Let them rescue you in your hour of

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distress. But

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the Israelites pleaded with the Lord and said,

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we have sinned. Punish

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us as you see fit. Only

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rescue us today from our enemies.

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Then the Israelites put aside

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their foreign gods and serve the

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Lord, and he was grieved

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by their misery. At

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that time, the armies of Ammon had gathered

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for war and were camped in Gilead

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and the people of Israel assembled and camped

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at mpa. The leaders

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of Gilead said to each other, whoever

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attacks the Ammonites first will

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become ruler over all the people of Gilead.

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Now, Jeff, the of Gilead was a great warrior.

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He was the son of Gilead, but his mother

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was a prostitute. Gilead's

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wife also had several sons, and

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when these half-brothers grew up, they

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chased Jeff. The off the land. You

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will not get any of our father's inheritance.

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They said, for you are the son

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of a prostitute. So

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Jeff, the fled from his brothers and

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lived in the land of Tob. Soon

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he had a band of worthless rebels following

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him. At

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about this time, the Ammonites began

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their war against Israel. When

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the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead

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sent for Jha in the land of Tob, the

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elders said, come and be

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our commander. Help us fight the

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Ammonites. But Jha

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said to them, aren't you the ones

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who hated me and drove me from my

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father's house? Why do

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you come to me now when you're in trouble? Because

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we need you. The elders replied, if

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you lead us in battle against the Ammonites,

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we will make you ruler over all the people

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of Gilead. Jeff

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thus said to the elders, let

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me get this straight. If I come

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with you and if the Lord gives me victory

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over the Ammonites, will you really

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make me ruler over all the people? The

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Lord is our witness. The

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elders replied. We promised to

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do whatever you say. So

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Jeff thou went with the elders of Gilead and

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the people made him their ruler and commander of the

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army. At Misbah

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and the presence of the Lord. Jha repeated

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what he had said to the elders. Then

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Jha sent messengers to the king of Amon,

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asking, why have you come out

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to fight against my land? The

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king of Amon answered JHAs messengers.

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When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they

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stole my land from the Arnon River to

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the Jak River and all the way to

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the Jordan. Now then give

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back the land peaceably. Jha

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sent this message back to the Amite King.

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This is what Jha says. Israel

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did not steal any land from Moab

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or Amon when the people of Israel

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arrived at Kadish on their journey from Egypt.

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After crossing the Red Sea, they

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sent messengers to the King of Edem, asking

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for permission to pass through his land,

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but their request was denied. Then

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they asked the king of Moab for similar permission.

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But he wouldn't let them pass through either. So

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the people of real estate in Kadish. Finally,

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they went around Edam and Moab through the wilderness.

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They traveled along Moabs Eastern border

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and camped on the other side of the Arnon River,

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but they never once crossed the

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Arnon River into Moab. For

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the Arnon was the border of Moab. Then

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Israel sent messengers to King Shan

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of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshan.

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Asking for permission to cross through his land

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to get to their destination. But

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King Sahan didn't trust Israel to pass

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through his land. Instead, he

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mobilized his army at J has and

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attacked them. But the Lord,

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the God of Israel gave his people

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victory over King Sahan. So

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Israel took control of all the land of the

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Amorites who lived in that region, from

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the Arnon River to the Jaak River

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and from the eastern wilderness to

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the Jordan. So

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you see, it was the Lord,

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the God of Israel who took

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away the land from the Amorites and gave it to

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Israel. Why then should

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we give it back to you? You keep

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whatever your God mosh gives you,

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and we will keep whatever the Lord our God gives

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us. Are you any

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better than beak? Son of zip

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war? King of Moab? Did

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he try to make a case against Israel for disputed

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land? Did he go to war

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against them? Israel

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has been living here for 300 years,

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inhabiting Hesson and its surrounding settlements

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all the way to Aurora and its settlements,

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and in all the towns along the Arnon River.

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Why have you made no effort to recover it before

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now? Therefore, I

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have not sinned against you. Rather,

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you have wronged me by attacking

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me. Let the Lord

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who is judge, decide today

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which of us is right, Israel

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or am. Amen. The

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King of Ammon paid no attention to Jeff's

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message. At

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that time, the spirit of the Lord came upon

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Jha and he went throughout the land

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of Gilead and Manasseh, including

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Misbah and Gilead. And

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from there he led an army against the Ammonites,

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and Jha made a vow to the Lord. He

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said, if you give me victory

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over the Ammonites, I will give

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to the Lord whatever comes out of my house

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to meet me when I return in triumph. I

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will sacrifice it as a burnt

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offering. So

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Jeff th led his army against the Ammonites

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and the Lord gave him victory. He

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crushed the Ammonites, devastating

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about 20 towns from Aurora to

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an area near Mith and as far

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away as Abel Keim. In

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this way, Israel defeated

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the Ammonites. When

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Jeff thought returned home to mspa, his

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daughter came out to meet him playing

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on a tambourine and dancing for joy.

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She was his one and only child. He

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had no other sons or daughters. When

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he saw her, he tore his clothes in

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anguish. Oh, my daughter,

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he cried out. You have completely

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destroyed me. You've brought

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disaster on me for

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I have made a vow to the Lord and I cannot

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take it back. She

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said, father, if

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you have made a vow to the Lord, you

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must do to me. What you have vowed for

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the Lord has given you a great victory over

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your enemies, the ammonites. But

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first, let me do this one thing. Let

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me go up in roam in the hills and weep

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with my friends for two months because

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I will die a virgin. You

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may go, Jeff, the said

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and he sent her away for two months. She

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and her friends went into the hills and wept

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because she would never have children. When

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she returned home, her father kept the vow

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he had made and she died

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a virgin. So

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it has become a custom in Israel for young Israelite

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women to go away for four days each

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year to lament the fate of

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Jeff's daughter. Then

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the people of Eef mobilized

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an army and crossed over the Jordan River

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to Zhan. They sent this

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message to Jeff the. Why

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didn't you call for us to help you fight against

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the Ammonites? We are going to

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burn down your house with you in it. Jeff

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though, replied, I summoned

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you at the beginning of the dispute, but you refused

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to come. You failed to help

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us in our struggle against Amon. So

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when I realized you weren't coming, I

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risked my life and went to battle without you,

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and the Lord gave me victory over the Ammonites.

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So why have you now come to fight me?

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The people of Eim responded,

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you men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives

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from Eef and Manasses. So

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Jeff that gathered all the men of Gilead and

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attacked the men of Eef and defeated

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them, Jeff, that

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captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan

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River. And whenever a fugitive from

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Eef tried to go back across, the

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man of Gilead would challenge him. Are

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you a member of the tribe of Efraim?

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They would ask. If the man said,

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no, I'm not, they

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would tell him to say Shibboleth. If

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he was from Efraim, he would say,

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SI. Because people from Efram

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cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then

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they would take him and kill him at the shallow

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crossings of the Jordan In

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all 42,000 Ephraimites

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were killed at that time. Jeff,

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that judged Israel for six years.

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When he died, he was buried in one of

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the towns of Gilead. After

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Jeff the died. Ibsen from

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Bethlehem judged Israel. He

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had 30 sons and 30 daughters. He

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sent his daughters to marry a man outside his clan,

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and he brought in 30 young women from outside

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his clan to marry his sons. Ibsen

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judged Israel for seven years.

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When he died, he was buried at Bethlehem.

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After IBS and died, Elan from

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the tribe of Zein judged his real for 10

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years. When he died,

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he was buried at age. Elon in Zein.

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After EEN died, Aden's son

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of Hill from Hon, judged

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his real. He had 40

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sons and 30 grandsons who

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rode on 70 donkeys. He

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judged Israel for eight years. When

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he died, he was buried at Puritan in

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Efraim, in the hill country of

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the Amalekites. This

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concludes today's immerse reading experience.

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