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Day 100 and 77
again, the Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight.
They served the images of Baal at Terre and the gods of Arum,
Seden, Moab, Amon, and Philistia.
They abandoned the Lord and no longer served him at all.
So the Lord burned with anger against Israel and he turned them over to
the Philistines and the Ammonites who began to oppress them that year.
For 18 years, they oppressed all the Israelites east of the
Jordan River and the land of the Amorites that is in Gilead.
The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked
Judah, Benjamin, and Efraim.
The Israelites were in great distress.
Finally, they cried out to the Lord for help saying, we have sinned against you
because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal.
The Lord replied, did I not rescue you from the Egyptians, the Amorites,
the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Ians, the Amalekites and the Manites.
When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help and I rescued you.
Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods, so I will not rescue you anymore.
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen.
Let them rescue you in your hour of distress.
But the Israelites pleaded with the Lord and said, we have sinned.
Punish us as you see fit.
Only rescue us today from our enemies.
Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and serve the Lord,
and he was grieved by their misery.
At that time, the armies of Ammon had gathered for war and were
camped in Gilead and the people of Israel assembled and camped at mpa.
The leaders of Gilead said to each other, whoever attacks the
Ammonites first will become ruler over all the people of Gilead.
Now, Jeff, the of Gilead was a great warrior.
He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute.
Gilead's wife also had several sons, and when these half-brothers
grew up, they chased Jeff.
The off the land.
You will not get any of our father's inheritance.
They said, for you are the son of a prostitute.
So Jeff, the fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob.
Soon he had a band of worthless rebels following him.
At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel.
When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jha
in the land of Tob, the elders said, come and be our commander.
Help us fight the Ammonites.
But Jha said to them, aren't you the ones who hated me and
drove me from my father's house?
Why do you come to me now when you're in trouble?
Because we need you.
The elders replied, if you lead us in battle against the Ammonites, we will make
you ruler over all the people of Gilead.
Jeff thus said to the elders, let me get this straight.
If I come with you and if the Lord gives me victory over the Ammonites, will you
really make me ruler over all the people?
The Lord is our witness.
The elders replied.
We promised to do whatever you say.
So Jeff thou went with the elders of Gilead and the people made him their
ruler and commander of the army.
At Misbah and the presence of the Lord.
Jha repeated what he had said to the elders.
Then Jha sent messengers to the king of Amon, asking, why have you
come out to fight against my land?
The king of Amon answered JHAs messengers.
When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from
the Arnon River to the Jak River and all the way to the Jordan.
Now then give back the land peaceably.
Jha sent this message back to the Amite King.
This is what Jha says.
Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Amon when the people of Israel arrived
at Kadish on their journey from Egypt.
After crossing the Red Sea, they sent messengers to the King of Edem, asking
for permission to pass through his land, but their request was denied.
Then they asked the king of Moab for similar permission.
But he wouldn't let them pass through either.
So the people of real estate in Kadish.
Finally, they went around Edam and Moab through the wilderness.
They traveled along Moabs Eastern border and camped on the other side of
the Arnon River, but they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab.
For the Arnon was the border of Moab.
Then Israel sent messengers to King Shan of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshan.
Asking for permission to cross through his land to get to their destination.
But King Sahan didn't trust Israel to pass through his land.
Instead, he mobilized his army at J has and attacked them.
But the Lord, the God of Israel gave his people victory over King Sahan.
So Israel took control of all the land of the Amorites who lived in that region,
from the Arnon River to the Jaak River and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.
So you see, it was the Lord, the God of Israel who took away the land from
the Amorites and gave it to Israel.
Why then should we give it back to you?
You keep whatever your God mosh gives you, and we will keep
whatever the Lord our God gives us.
Are you any better than beak?
Son of zip war?
King of Moab?
Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land?
Did he go to war against them?
Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Hesson and its
surrounding settlements all the way to Aurora and its settlements, and in
all the towns along the Arnon River.
Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?
Therefore, I have not sinned against you.
Rather, you have wronged me by attacking me.
Let the Lord who is judge, decide today which of us is right, Israel or am.
Amen.
The King of Ammon paid no attention to Jeff's message.
At that time, the spirit of the Lord came upon Jha and he went
throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Misbah and Gilead.
And from there he led an army against the Ammonites, and Jha made a vow to the Lord.
He said, if you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will give to the
Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph.
I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.
So Jeff th led his army against the Ammonites and the Lord gave him victory.
He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about 20 towns from Aurora to an area
near Mith and as far away as Abel Keim.
In this way, Israel defeated the Ammonites.
When Jeff thought returned home to mspa, his daughter came out to meet him playing
on a tambourine and dancing for joy.
She was his one and only child.
He had no other sons or daughters.
When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish.
Oh, my daughter, he cried out.
You have completely destroyed me.
You've brought disaster on me for I have made a vow to the
Lord and I cannot take it back.
She said, father, if you have made a vow to the Lord, you must do to me.
What you have vowed for the Lord has given you a great victory
over your enemies, the ammonites.
But first, let me do this one thing.
Let me go up in roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two
months because I will die a virgin.
You may go, Jeff, the said and he sent her away for two months.
She and her friends went into the hills and wept because
she would never have children.
When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made and she died a virgin.
So it has become a custom in Israel for young Israelite women to go
away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jeff's daughter.
Then the people of Eef mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zhan.
They sent this message to Jeff the.
Why didn't you call for us to help you fight against the Ammonites?
We are going to burn down your house with you in it.
Jeff though, replied, I summoned you at the beginning of the
dispute, but you refused to come.
You failed to help us in our struggle against Amon.
So when I realized you weren't coming, I risked my life and went
to battle without you, and the Lord gave me victory over the Ammonites.
So why have you now come to fight me?
The people of Eim responded, you men of Gilead are nothing more than
fugitives from Eef and Manasses.
So Jeff that gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Eef and
defeated them, Jeff, that captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River.
And whenever a fugitive from Eef tried to go back across, the man
of Gilead would challenge him.
Are you a member of the tribe of Efraim?
They would ask.
If the man said, no, I'm not, they would tell him to say Shibboleth.
If he was from Efraim, he would say, SI.
Because people from Efram cannot pronounce the word correctly.
Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the
Jordan In all 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time.
Jeff, that judged Israel for six years.
When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.
After Jeff the died.
Ibsen from Bethlehem judged Israel.
He had 30 sons and 30 daughters.
He sent his daughters to marry a man outside his clan, and he
brought in 30 young women from outside his clan to marry his sons.
Ibsen judged Israel for seven years.
When he died, he was buried at Bethlehem.
After IBS and died, Elan from the tribe of Zein judged his real for 10 years.
When he died, he was buried at age.
Elon in Zein.
After EEN died, Aden's son of Hill from Hon, judged his real.
He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons who rode on 70 donkeys.
He judged Israel for eight years.
When he died, he was buried at Puritan in Efraim, in the
hill country of the Amalekites.
This concludes today's immerse reading experience.
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