Judges 2:1-5

New International Reader's Version

The Angel of the Lord Warns Israel at Bokim

2 The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim. There he said to the Israelites, “I brought you up out of Egypt. I led you into this land. It is the land I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. At that time I said, ‘I will never break the covenant I made with you. ² So you must not make a covenant with the people of this land. Instead, you must tear down their altars.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why did you do it? ³ I have said something else. I said, ‘I will not drive out those people to make room for you. They and their gods will become traps for you.’ ”

⁴ The angel of the Lord spoke these things to all the Israelites. Then the people wept out loud. ⁵ So that place was called Bokim. The people offered sacrifices there to the Lord.