Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000516
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00:15 Hi, and welcome to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're reading in the book of Judges 00:21 and Jephthah is reviewing with the king of Ammon 00:28 sort of a narrative of Israel as they came from Egypt 00:33 to the promised land and the different parts of 00:35 the wilderness that they passed through 00:37 and how they were treated in those parts. 00:39 But before we continue, let's pray together. 00:41 Dear Lord, thank you that in the wildernesses that we 00:46 pass through, you are always with us and that you lead us 00:49 today as surely as you led the children of Israel. 00:51 As we read your word today, please lead us to as deeper 00:56 understanding of you. We want to know you more. We need you. 01:01 Thank you for loving us. We love you so much. Amen. 01:04 We're picking up on Judges, chapter 11, and verse 20 01:11 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: 01:16 but Sihon gathered all his people together, 01:19 and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 01:22 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and 01:26 all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: 01:29 so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites 01:32 the inhabitants of that country. And they possessed all the 01:35 coasts of the Amorites from Arnon even unto Jabbok, 01:38 and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. 01:41 So now the Lord God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites 01:45 from before his people, Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? 01:49 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee 01:55 to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out 01:59 from before us, then will we possess. And now 02:04 art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, 02:08 king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, 02:10 or did he ever fight against them, while Israel dwelt 02:13 in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, 02:16 the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, 300 years? 02:20 why therefore did ye not recover them within that time? 02:24 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me 02:28 wrong to war against me: the Lord, the judge, be judge 02:34 this day between the children of Israel and the children of 02:36 Ammon. Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened 02:41 not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. 02:43 Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, 02:46 and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh 02:50 of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead, he passed over unto 02:53 the children of Ammon. And Jephthah vowed a vow 02:57 unto the Lord and said, If thou shalt without fail 03:01 deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall 03:05 be that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to 03:08 meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, 03:11 shall surely be the Lord's and I wilt offer it up for a burnt 03:15 offering. So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon 03:19 to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them 03:21 into his hands. And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou 03:25 come to Minnith, even 20 cities, and unto the plain of 03:28 the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of 03:33 Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. 03:36 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and behold, 03:40 his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels 03:43 and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had 03:48 neither son nor daughter. And it came to pass, when he saw her 03:52 that he rent his clothes and said, Alas, my daughter! 03:57 thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them 04:00 that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, 04:03 and I cannot go back. And she said unto him, My father, 04:07 if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me 04:11 according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; 04:14 forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine 04:18 enemies, even of the children of Ammon. And she said 04:22 unto her father, Let this thing be done for me. Let me alone 04:26 two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, 04:29 and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. And he said, Go. 04:33 And he sent her away for two months: and she went 04:36 with her companions, and bewailed her virginity 04:38 upon the mountains. And it came to pass at the end of 04:41 two months, that she returned unto her father, who did 04:45 with her according to his vow which he had vowed: 04:47 and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, 04:52 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament 04:55 the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite 4 days in a year. 04:59 We're continuing in the book of Judges, chapter 12. 05:03 And this is the King James Version. 05:05 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, 05:10 and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore 05:14 passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, 05:16 and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house 05:20 upon thee with fire. And Jephthah said unto them, 05:23 I and my people were at great strife with the children 05:27 of Ammon: and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their 05:31 hands. And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life 05:35 in my hand: and passed over against the children of Ammon, 05:37 and the Lord delivered them into my hand: 05:40 wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, 05:44 to fight against me? Then Jephthah gathered together 05:48 all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: 05:50 and the men of Gilead, smote Ephraim, 05:53 because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim 05:57 among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. 06:00 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan 06:05 before the Ephraimites: and it was so that when those 06:08 Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; 06:12 that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou and Ephraimite? 06:16 If he said, Nay; then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: 06:22 and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce 06:27 it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages 06:30 of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites 06:34 forty and two thousand. And Jephthath judged Israel 6 years. 06:39 Then died Jephthath the Gileadite, and was buried 06:43 in on e of the cities of Gilead. And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem 06:48 judged Israel. And he had 30 sons, and 30 daughters, 06:52 whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad 06:56 for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 06:59 Then died Izban and was buried at Bethlehem. 07:03 And After him Elon, a Zebulonite judged Israel; and he judged 07:09 Israel 10 years. And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried 07:14 in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. And after him 07:18 Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 07:22 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on 07:26 threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel 8 years. 07:31 And Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite died, 07:36 and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, 07:39 in the mount of the Amalekites. 07:41 We're continuing with Judges, chapter thirteen, 07:45 and this is the King James Version. 07:47 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the 07:53 Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the 07:56 Philistines 40 years. And there was a certain man of Zorah 08:00 of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; 08:04 and his wife was barren, and bare not. And the angel 08:09 of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, 08:11 Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt 08:17 conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, 08:21 and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean 08:26 thing: For, lo, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; 08:30 and no razor shall come on his head: 08:32 for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God 08:36 from the womb and he shall begin to deliver Israel 08:39 out of the hand of the Philistines. 08:41 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, 08:44 a man of God came unto me, and his countenance 08:47 was like the countenance of 08:48 an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence 08:51 he was, neither told he me his name: 08:54 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear 08:58 a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat 09:02 any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God 09:05 from the womb to the day of his death. Then Manoah entreated 09:09 the Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which 09:13 thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall 09:16 do unto the child that shall be born. And God hearkened 09:21 to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto 09:25 the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband 09:29 was not with her. And the woman made haste and ran, 09:32 and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man 09:36 hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. 09:38 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, 09:42 and came to the man and said unto him, Art thou the man 09:45 that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. And Manoah said, 09:51 Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, 09:56 and how shall we do unto him? And the angel of the Lord said 10:00 unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. 10:04 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, 10:07 neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any 10:11 unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. 10:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, 10:18 I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready 10:22 a kid for thee. And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, 10:25 Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: 10:28 and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it 10:32 unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel 10:36 of the Lord. And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, 10:40 What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do 10:44 the honour? And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest 10:49 thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? 10:52 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered 10:55 it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the angel did wonderously; 11:01 and Manoah and his wife looked on. For it came to pass, 11:05 when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, 11:08 that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame 11:12 of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on 11:17 their faces to the ground. But the angel of the Lord did no 11:21 more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that 11:26 he was an angel of the Lord. And Manoah said unto his wife, 11:31 We shall surely die, because we have seen God. But his wife said 11:36 unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, 11:39 he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat 11:42 offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us 11:45 all these things, nor would as at this time have told us 11:49 such things as these. And the woman bare a son, 11:54 and called his name Samson: and the child grew, 11:57 and the Lord blessed him. And the spirit of the Lord began 12:01 to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol 12:06 We're continuing in the book of Judges, chapter 14, 12:09 and this is the King James Version. 12:11 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath 12:16 of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, 12:19 and told his father and his mother, and said, 12:21 I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of 12:24 the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 12:27 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never 12:32 a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all 12:34 my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised 12:38 Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; 12:44 for she pleaseth me well. But his father and his mother 12:48 knew not that it was of the Lord that he sought an occasion 12:52 against the Philistines? for at that time the Philistines had 12:55 dominion over Israel. Then went Samson down, and his father 13:00 and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards 13:03 of Timnath: and behold a young lion roared against him. 13:06 And the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent 13:11 him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: 13:15 but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. 13:18 And he went down, and talked to the woman; and she pleased 13:21 Samson well. And after a time he returned to take her, 13:25 and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, 13:28 there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion 13:33 and he took thereof in his hands and went on eating, and came 13:37 to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: 13:39 but he told not them that he had taken the honey 13:42 out of the carcass of the lion. So his father went down 13:46 unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used 13:49 the young men to do. And it came to pass, when they saw him, 13:53 that they brought 30 companions to be with him. And Samson said 13:57 unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can 14:02 certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, 14:05 and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets 14:09 and thirty change of garments: But if ye cannot declare it me, 14:13 then shall ye give me 30 sheets and 30 change of garments. 14:19 And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, 14:22 that we may hear it. We'll pick up the story 14:25 the next time we're together, and until then, thank you for 14:28 joining with me, and my God keep us all by his grace 14:31 and mercy. Goodbye. |
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