Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Make any kind of idol and you will certainly be destroyed by God

Deuteronomy 4:25-26 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and provoking him to anger, I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.

PERSONAL COMMENTARY


God can be provoked to anger and you will "quickly perish" and "certainly be destroyed."

Monday, May 07, 2007

2 Midianite leaders killed and beheaded

Judges 7:25 They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.

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I think I would have preferred to take their word that these leaders were dead

Saturday, May 05, 2007

The Lord routs Sisera and his army by the sword

Judges 4:14-16 Then Deborah said to Barak, "Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?" So Barak went down Mount Tabor, followed by ten thousand men. 15 At Barak's advance, the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim. All the troops of Sisera fell by the sword; not a man was left.

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Interesting how the Lord = Barak and his 10,000 men.

Thursday, May 03, 2007

600 Killed with an oxgoad

Judges 3:31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.

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Wikipedia says that an oxgoad is "a formidable weapon sometimes ten feet long."

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

10,000 Moabites killed the rest enslaved

Judges 3:28-30 "Follow me," he ordered, "for the LORD has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands." So they followed him down and, taking possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab, they allowed no one to cross over. At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not a man escaped. That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.

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This is in addition to the 10,000 killed in Chapter 1.