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🗓️ 2 April 2023
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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. |
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