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(Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים)
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*the Book of Judges is the 7th book of the ‘Hebrew Bible’ and the ‘Christian Bible’*
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(it contains the history of the ‘biblical judges’, the divinely inspired leaders whose direct knowledge of ‘Yahweh’ allows them to act as champions for the ‘Israelites’ against oppression by foreign rulers, and models of the wise and faithful behaviour required of them by their God ‘Yahweh’ following the exodus from ‘Egypt’ and the conquest of ‘canaan’)
(the stories follow a consistent pattern:
the people are unfaithful to ‘Yahweh’ and he therefore delivers them into the hands of their enemies;
the people repent and entreat ‘Yahweh’ for mercy, which he sends in the form of a leader or champion (a “judge”);
the judge delivers the ‘Israelites’ from oppression and they prosper,
(but soon they fall again into unfaithfulness and the cycle is repeated)
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(scholars consider many of the stories in Judges to be the oldest in the ‘Deuteronomistic’ history, with their major redaction dated to the 8th century BCE and with materials (such as the “song of deborah”) dating from much earlier, perhaps close to the period the book depicts)
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👈👈👈☜*“THE OLD TESTAMENT”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥