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Judges 2:4-9
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Judges 2:4-9
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4-5 When God’s angel had spoken these words to all the People of Israel, they cried out—oh! how they wept! They named the place Bokim (Weepers). And there they sacrificed to God.
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6-9 After Joshua had dismissed them, the People of Israel went off to claim their allotted territories and take possession of the land. The people worshiped God throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the time of the leaders who survived him, leaders who had been in on all of God’s great work that he had done for Israel. Then Joshua son of Nun, the servant of God, died. He was 110 years old. They buried him in his allotted inheritance at Timnath Heres in the hills of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.
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Judges 2:4-9
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Judges 2:4-9
New International Version
4 When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,(A) 5 and they called that place Bokim.[a](B) There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
Disobedience and Defeat(C)
6 After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance. 7 The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.(D)
8 Joshua son of Nun,(E) the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten. 9 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres[b](F) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Footnotes
- Judges 2:5 Bokim means weepers.
- Judges 2:9 Also known as Timnath Serah (see Joshua 19:50 and 24:30)
Judges 2:4-9
The Message
Judges 2:4-9
The Message
4-5 When God’s angel had spoken these words to all the People of Israel, they cried out—oh! how they wept! They named the place Bokim (Weepers). And there they sacrificed to God.
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6-9 After Joshua had dismissed them, the People of Israel went off to claim their allotted territories and take possession of the land. The people worshiped God throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the time of the leaders who survived him, leaders who had been in on all of God’s great work that he had done for Israel. Then Joshua son of Nun, the servant of God, died. He was 110 years old. They buried him in his allotted inheritance at Timnath Heres in the hills of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.
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Judges 2:4-6
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Judges 2:4-6
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4 When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,(A) 5 and they called that place Bokim.[a](B) There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
Disobedience and Defeat(C)
6 After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance.
Footnotes
- Judges 2:5 Bokim means weepers.
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