meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
The Bible Recap

Day 092 (Judges 8-9) - Year 5

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.833.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

SHOW NOTES: - All the info you need to START is on our website! Seriously, go there. - Join our PATREON community for bonus perks! - Get your TBR merch - Show credits - Win a trip to Israel! - Win a TLC Book Bundle from Hope Media Group! - Check out WayFM’s Prayer Wall FROM TODAY’S PODCAST: - Judges 7:24 - Find out more about D-Group - Check out our D-Group Promo Video SOCIALS: The Bible Recap: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter D-Group: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter TLC: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter D-GROUP:The Bible Recap is brought to you by D-Group - an international network of discipleship and accountability groups that meet weekly in homes and churches: Find or start one near you today! DISCLAIMER: The Bible Recap, Tara-Leigh Cobble, and affiliates are not a church, pastor, spiritual authority, or counseling service. Listeners and viewers consume this content on a voluntary basis and assume all responsibility for the resulting consequences and impact.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

0:13.3

Yesterday we met Israel's fifth judge, Gideon.

0:16.2

He was full of self-doubt, but God used him to win the war against the Midianites.

0:20.8

Today we open with the tribe of Ephraim having the strangest complaint of all.

0:24.9

Their mad they weren't invited to the war.

0:27.7

They seem to pride themselves on being warriors.

0:30.4

It's part of their identity, so they feel insulted that Gideon only had them come in as back

0:34.7

up yesterday in chapter 7.

0:37.0

But they calm down a bit when Gideon praises their previous military victories.

0:42.0

Then Gideon and his crew head across the Jordan River into the area of the trans-Jordan tribes.

0:46.6

They're trying to capture two of the Midianite kings so they can finish off the war.

0:51.2

Gideon asked some of the people in East Menace to feed his army and they deny him.

0:55.6

These from West Menace, so these guys technically are from the same tribe, but they offer no support.

1:01.1

And he promises to destroy their town of Sukkoth.

1:04.6

Then he moves on to Penule, a city in Gad, which is the neighboring tribe to the south.

1:09.2

And they deny him food too.

1:11.4

So he promises to destroy their local tower.

1:14.6

His anger is warranted because these are fellow Israelites and they're supposed to help

1:18.4

each other out, especially in war efforts.

1:21.2

But Gideon's response does seem a bit extreme.

1:24.6

Like he's still operating out of insecurity and has something to prove.

1:29.0

Even though he just had a military victory, he never wielded a sword.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -728 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tara-Leigh Cobble, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Tara-Leigh Cobble and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.