WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.140 Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:03.257 --> 00:00:04.777 Day 100 and 77 00:00:05.236 --> 00:00:07.906 again, the Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight. 00:00:08.506 --> 00:00:12.916 They served the images of Baal at Terre and the gods of Arum, 00:00:13.336 --> 00:00:16.786 Seden, Moab, Amon, and Philistia. 00:00:17.746 --> 00:00:20.656 They abandoned the Lord and no longer served him at all. 00:00:21.586 --> 00:00:25.606 So the Lord burned with anger against Israel and he turned them over to 00:00:25.606 --> 00:00:29.686 the Philistines and the Ammonites who began to oppress them that year. 00:00:30.616 --> 00:00:33.826 For 18 years, they oppressed all the Israelites east of the 00:00:33.826 --> 00:00:37.786 Jordan River and the land of the Amorites that is in Gilead. 00:00:38.686 --> 00:00:42.226 The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked 00:00:42.256 --> 00:00:44.656 Judah, Benjamin, and Efraim. 00:00:45.736 --> 00:00:47.836 The Israelites were in great distress. 00:00:48.526 --> 00:00:53.806 Finally, they cried out to the Lord for help saying, we have sinned against you 00:00:53.956 --> 00:00:58.606 because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal. 00:01:00.076 --> 00:01:05.326 The Lord replied, did I not rescue you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, 00:01:05.386 --> 00:01:11.056 the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Ians, the Amalekites and the Manites. 00:01:11.836 --> 00:01:16.186 When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help and I rescued you. 00:01:17.086 --> 00:01:22.696 Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods, so I will not rescue you anymore. 00:01:23.356 --> 00:01:26.386 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. 00:01:26.866 --> 00:01:29.686 Let them rescue you in your hour of distress. 00:01:31.006 --> 00:01:35.026 But the Israelites pleaded with the Lord and said, we have sinned. 00:01:35.596 --> 00:01:37.216 Punish us as you see fit. 00:01:37.786 --> 00:01:40.276 Only rescue us today from our enemies. 00:01:40.616 --> 00:01:45.376 Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and serve the Lord, 00:01:46.066 --> 00:01:47.866 and he was grieved by their misery. 00:01:49.306 --> 00:01:52.786 At that time, the armies of Ammon had gathered for war and were 00:01:52.786 --> 00:01:56.986 camped in Gilead and the people of Israel assembled and camped at mpa. 00:01:57.976 --> 00:02:01.426 The leaders of Gilead said to each other, whoever attacks the 00:02:01.426 --> 00:02:05.326 Ammonites first will become ruler over all the people of Gilead. 00:02:06.856 --> 00:02:09.376 Now, Jeff, the of Gilead was a great warrior. 00:02:09.916 --> 00:02:12.886 He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute. 00:02:13.921 --> 00:02:17.641 Gilead's wife also had several sons, and when these half-brothers 00:02:17.641 --> 00:02:19.321 grew up, they chased Jeff. 00:02:19.321 --> 00:02:20.341 The off the land. 00:02:21.391 --> 00:02:23.731 You will not get any of our father's inheritance. 00:02:23.731 --> 00:02:26.761 They said, for you are the son of a prostitute. 00:02:27.721 --> 00:02:31.441 So Jeff, the fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. 00:02:32.431 --> 00:02:35.431 Soon he had a band of worthless rebels following him. 00:02:37.411 --> 00:02:41.011 At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel. 00:02:41.686 --> 00:02:44.686 When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jha 00:02:45.016 --> 00:02:49.966 in the land of Tob, the elders said, come and be our commander. 00:02:50.206 --> 00:02:51.976 Help us fight the Ammonites. 00:02:52.936 --> 00:02:56.956 But Jha said to them, aren't you the ones who hated me and 00:02:56.956 --> 00:02:58.516 drove me from my father's house? 00:02:59.356 --> 00:03:01.366 Why do you come to me now when you're in trouble? 00:03:02.416 --> 00:03:03.736 Because we need you. 00:03:03.766 --> 00:03:08.596 The elders replied, if you lead us in battle against the Ammonites, we will make 00:03:08.596 --> 00:03:10.486 you ruler over all the people of Gilead. 00:03:11.866 --> 00:03:15.286 Jeff thus said to the elders, let me get this straight. 00:03:15.946 --> 00:03:20.506 If I come with you and if the Lord gives me victory over the Ammonites, will you 00:03:20.506 --> 00:03:22.426 really make me ruler over all the people? 00:03:23.296 --> 00:03:25.156 The Lord is our witness. 00:03:25.516 --> 00:03:26.656 The elders replied. 00:03:27.016 --> 00:03:28.966 We promised to do whatever you say. 00:03:30.526 --> 00:03:34.066 So Jeff thou went with the elders of Gilead and the people made him their 00:03:34.066 --> 00:03:35.686 ruler and commander of the army. 00:03:36.586 --> 00:03:38.596 At Misbah and the presence of the Lord. 00:03:38.956 --> 00:03:41.236 Jha repeated what he had said to the elders. 00:03:42.706 --> 00:03:47.176 Then Jha sent messengers to the king of Amon, asking, why have you 00:03:47.176 --> 00:03:48.976 come out to fight against my land? 00:03:50.296 --> 00:03:52.936 The king of Amon answered JHAs messengers. 00:03:53.746 --> 00:03:57.226 When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from 00:03:57.231 --> 00:04:00.856 the Arnon River to the Jak River and all the way to the Jordan. 00:04:01.486 --> 00:04:04.216 Now then give back the land peaceably. 00:04:05.296 --> 00:04:07.936 Jha sent this message back to the Amite King. 00:04:09.106 --> 00:04:10.756 This is what Jha says. 00:04:11.866 --> 00:04:17.326 Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Amon when the people of Israel arrived 00:04:17.331 --> 00:04:19.126 at Kadish on their journey from Egypt. 00:04:19.131 --> 00:04:24.046 After crossing the Red Sea, they sent messengers to the King of Edem, asking 00:04:24.046 --> 00:04:28.246 for permission to pass through his land, but their request was denied. 00:04:29.236 --> 00:04:31.816 Then they asked the king of Moab for similar permission. 00:04:32.446 --> 00:04:34.276 But he wouldn't let them pass through either. 00:04:34.936 --> 00:04:37.036 So the people of real estate in Kadish. 00:04:38.176 --> 00:04:41.236 Finally, they went around Edam and Moab through the wilderness. 00:04:42.136 --> 00:04:46.216 They traveled along Moabs Eastern border and camped on the other side of 00:04:46.216 --> 00:04:50.986 the Arnon River, but they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab. 00:04:51.496 --> 00:04:53.476 For the Arnon was the border of Moab. 00:04:55.066 --> 00:04:59.866 Then Israel sent messengers to King Shan of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshan. 00:05:00.796 --> 00:05:04.186 Asking for permission to cross through his land to get to their destination. 00:05:05.236 --> 00:05:08.176 But King Sahan didn't trust Israel to pass through his land. 00:05:08.896 --> 00:05:12.766 Instead, he mobilized his army at J has and attacked them. 00:05:13.636 --> 00:05:18.016 But the Lord, the God of Israel gave his people victory over King Sahan. 00:05:19.006 --> 00:05:22.936 So Israel took control of all the land of the Amorites who lived in that region, 00:05:23.476 --> 00:05:29.026 from the Arnon River to the Jaak River and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan. 00:05:30.256 --> 00:05:35.716 So you see, it was the Lord, the God of Israel who took away the land from 00:05:35.716 --> 00:05:37.486 the Amorites and gave it to Israel. 00:05:38.236 --> 00:05:40.006 Why then should we give it back to you? 00:05:40.786 --> 00:05:44.566 You keep whatever your God mosh gives you, and we will keep 00:05:44.566 --> 00:05:46.486 whatever the Lord our God gives us. 00:05:47.506 --> 00:05:48.946 Are you any better than beak? 00:05:49.426 --> 00:05:50.506 Son of zip war? 00:05:50.596 --> 00:05:51.556 King of Moab? 00:05:52.576 --> 00:05:55.636 Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land? 00:05:56.236 --> 00:05:58.006 Did he go to war against them? 00:05:59.221 --> 00:06:03.811 Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Hesson and its 00:06:03.816 --> 00:06:08.401 surrounding settlements all the way to Aurora and its settlements, and in 00:06:08.401 --> 00:06:10.351 all the towns along the Arnon River. 00:06:11.161 --> 00:06:13.621 Why have you made no effort to recover it before now? 00:06:14.461 --> 00:06:17.131 Therefore, I have not sinned against you. 00:06:17.881 --> 00:06:20.581 Rather, you have wronged me by attacking me. 00:06:21.511 --> 00:06:27.151 Let the Lord who is judge, decide today which of us is right, Israel or am. 00:06:27.151 --> 00:06:27.481 Amen. 00:06:29.041 --> 00:06:31.981 The King of Ammon paid no attention to Jeff's message. 00:06:33.541 --> 00:06:37.261 At that time, the spirit of the Lord came upon Jha and he went 00:06:37.261 --> 00:06:41.341 throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Misbah and Gilead. 00:06:42.001 --> 00:06:47.101 And from there he led an army against the Ammonites, and Jha made a vow to the Lord. 00:06:47.461 --> 00:06:52.651 He said, if you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will give to the 00:06:52.656 --> 00:06:56.281 Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. 00:06:57.046 --> 00:06:59.776 I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering. 00:07:01.186 --> 00:07:05.596 So Jeff th led his army against the Ammonites and the Lord gave him victory. 00:07:06.346 --> 00:07:11.656 He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about 20 towns from Aurora to an area 00:07:11.661 --> 00:07:14.476 near Mith and as far away as Abel Keim. 00:07:15.946 --> 00:07:18.946 In this way, Israel defeated the Ammonites. 00:07:20.476 --> 00:07:25.336 When Jeff thought returned home to mspa, his daughter came out to meet him playing 00:07:25.336 --> 00:07:27.796 on a tambourine and dancing for joy. 00:07:28.816 --> 00:07:30.676 She was his one and only child. 00:07:30.946 --> 00:07:32.746 He had no other sons or daughters. 00:07:33.856 --> 00:07:36.616 When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. 00:07:37.186 --> 00:07:39.256 Oh, my daughter, he cried out. 00:07:39.856 --> 00:07:41.746 You have completely destroyed me. 00:07:42.556 --> 00:07:46.276 You've brought disaster on me for I have made a vow to the 00:07:46.276 --> 00:07:48.046 Lord and I cannot take it back. 00:07:49.261 --> 00:07:55.081 She said, father, if you have made a vow to the Lord, you must do to me. 00:07:55.081 --> 00:07:58.711 What you have vowed for the Lord has given you a great victory 00:07:58.711 --> 00:08:00.601 over your enemies, the ammonites. 00:08:01.741 --> 00:08:03.601 But first, let me do this one thing. 00:08:04.501 --> 00:08:07.951 Let me go up in roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two 00:08:07.951 --> 00:08:10.711 months because I will die a virgin. 00:08:11.881 --> 00:08:17.041 You may go, Jeff, the said and he sent her away for two months. 00:08:17.956 --> 00:08:20.896 She and her friends went into the hills and wept because 00:08:20.896 --> 00:08:22.126 she would never have children. 00:08:23.266 --> 00:08:28.366 When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made and she died a virgin. 00:08:29.746 --> 00:08:33.136 So it has become a custom in Israel for young Israelite women to go 00:08:33.136 --> 00:08:37.726 away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jeff's daughter. 00:08:38.836 --> 00:08:44.356 Then the people of Eef mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zhan. 00:08:44.986 --> 00:08:46.786 They sent this message to Jeff the. 00:08:47.791 --> 00:08:50.851 Why didn't you call for us to help you fight against the Ammonites? 00:08:51.511 --> 00:08:54.001 We are going to burn down your house with you in it. 00:08:54.961 --> 00:08:58.171 Jeff though, replied, I summoned you at the beginning of the 00:08:58.171 --> 00:09:00.271 dispute, but you refused to come. 00:09:00.841 --> 00:09:03.271 You failed to help us in our struggle against Amon. 00:09:03.951 --> 00:09:08.371 So when I realized you weren't coming, I risked my life and went 00:09:08.371 --> 00:09:12.361 to battle without you, and the Lord gave me victory over the Ammonites. 00:09:13.021 --> 00:09:15.031 So why have you now come to fight me? 00:09:16.111 --> 00:09:20.671 The people of Eim responded, you men of Gilead are nothing more than 00:09:20.671 --> 00:09:23.371 fugitives from Eef and Manasses. 00:09:23.971 --> 00:09:28.321 So Jeff that gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Eef and 00:09:28.326 --> 00:09:33.331 defeated them, Jeff, that captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River. 00:09:33.781 --> 00:09:37.631 And whenever a fugitive from Eef tried to go back across, the man 00:09:37.711 --> 00:09:39.091 of Gilead would challenge him. 00:09:39.931 --> 00:09:42.181 Are you a member of the tribe of Efraim? 00:09:42.541 --> 00:09:43.051 They would ask. 00:09:43.696 --> 00:09:48.796 If the man said, no, I'm not, they would tell him to say Shibboleth. 00:09:49.576 --> 00:09:52.186 If he was from Efraim, he would say, SI. 00:09:53.086 --> 00:09:56.536 Because people from Efram cannot pronounce the word correctly. 00:09:57.136 --> 00:10:00.196 Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the 00:10:00.196 --> 00:10:05.986 Jordan In all 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time. 00:10:07.426 --> 00:10:09.946 Jeff, that judged Israel for six years. 00:10:10.621 --> 00:10:13.831 When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead. 00:10:15.931 --> 00:10:17.161 After Jeff the died. 00:10:17.611 --> 00:10:20.041 Ibsen from Bethlehem judged Israel. 00:10:20.821 --> 00:10:22.951 He had 30 sons and 30 daughters. 00:10:23.791 --> 00:10:26.971 He sent his daughters to marry a man outside his clan, and he 00:10:26.971 --> 00:10:30.301 brought in 30 young women from outside his clan to marry his sons. 00:10:31.231 --> 00:10:33.961 Ibsen judged Israel for seven years. 00:10:34.711 --> 00:10:37.141 When he died, he was buried at Bethlehem. 00:10:39.331 --> 00:10:44.071 After IBS and died, Elan from the tribe of Zein judged his real for 10 years. 00:10:44.791 --> 00:10:46.771 When he died, he was buried at age. 00:10:46.776 --> 00:10:47.761 Elon in Zein. 00:10:50.311 --> 00:10:55.261 After EEN died, Aden's son of Hill from Hon, judged his real. 00:10:56.071 --> 00:11:00.391 He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons who rode on 70 donkeys. 00:11:01.231 --> 00:11:03.031 He judged Israel for eight years. 00:11:03.856 --> 00:11:07.786 When he died, he was buried at Puritan in Efraim, in the 00:11:07.786 --> 00:11:09.496 hill country of the Amalekites. 00:11:11.476 --> 00:11:14.326 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:11:14.476 --> 00:11:15.706 Thank you for joining us.