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Six Major Oppressions
The Book of Judges – Failure through Compromise
*--- Why does Israel fail to claim the promises of Yahweh? *
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Israel Disobeyed God in not driving out the Canaanites.
(Judges 1)
* Rather than drive the enemy out they sought…*
a) Peaceful Coexistence – valleys where the enemy was strongest
b) Political Compatibility – treaties & intermarriage
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Israel went off into blatant Idolatry.
(Judges 2:7)
a) This caused Israel’s UNITY to be lost.
b) This idolatry was both Sensual & Practical
Six Main Oppressors:
1.) Mesopotamian
2.) Moabite
3.) Canaanite
4.) Midianite
5.) Ammonite
6.) Philistine
Plot~/Cycle of Judges:
· Sin
· Oppression
· Cry out to God
· Deliverance
The Three Main Aspects of a Judge’s Office
1) Military Leader
2) Civil Leader
3) Judicial Leader
*(Deuteronomy 16:18)* – This verse shows that the office of Judge was not new.
What made these guys so different was particularly the large Military aspect of their job.
--- Chronology of the Book of Judges ---
From looking at the dates of the Judges we see 480 yrs.
When there is really only yrs allowed for this time period.
(Judges 3:30)
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*The Key to the Chronological Problem:* There is overlapping in Judges as well as simultaneous oppressions.
Also, there are places sprinkled throughout Israel that were doing right.
Outline of the Book of Judges –
The outline is not chronological.
Introduction: Judges 1-3:4
(Judges 3-16) – Oppressions
(Judges 17-29) – Appendices
The Appendices actually happen before the oppressions if you look at in chronological order.
(Joshua 19:47) records the same event of Micah and the Danites.
(Joshua 6:25) – tells us that Rahab was still alive at the time of the writing the book of Joshua.
This shows that the incident of Micah & the Danites took place while Rahab was still alive in Israel.
Micah & the Danites (Judges 17-20)
* In Judges 20:28, Phineas was the high priest.
(Numbers 25:27) tells us that Phineas was alive back in the time of Moses.
* In the case of Micah & the Danites, the main issue is religion.
* In the case of Gibeah, the main issue is morals
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1) *The Mesopotamian Oppression (Judges 3)** Chushanrishathaim* - was the king
a. Israel intermarried.
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Israel was involved in idolatry
c. *Judge Othniel* was the first Deliverer to arrive on the scene in Judges.
d. Othniel was Caleb’s nephew
*2) **The Moabite Oppression (Judges 3) *
a. under king Eglon – 18 yrs.
b.
Judge Ehud of Benjamin [left-handed]
*Judge Shamgar (Judges 3:31) *
c. slew 600 Philistines with an ox goad
*3) **The Canaanite Oppression (Judges 4) [20 yrs.]*
a. King Jabin
b. Jabin had 900 chariots of iron
c. Deliverer #4 – Deborah a Prophetess, along with Barak the General
d. Sisera, Jabin’s general is slain by “Jaal and the Nail”
*4) **The Midianite Oppression (Judges 7)*
a. Midianites aided by the Amalekites
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They would continually rob the Israelites of their crops etc.
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Deliverer #5 – Gideon
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When Gideon called an army: 32,000
e. How many left when asked if they were fearful: 22,000
f.
How many drank the water correctly: 300
g.
How many enemy combatants were there: 135,000
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In battle they used pitcher, torches, and trumpets
2 Minor Judges in chapter 10 [#6 – Tolah, #7 Jair]
*5) **The Ammonite Oppression (along with the Philistines; Judges 11)*
a. Deliverer #8 – Jephthah [illegitimate son who had originally been rejected.]
b. Jephthah made a rash vow.
(to say he did not offer her: in 11:31 the “and” could be translated “or”.
Also, no priest could officiate a human sacrifice.
3rd Jephthah is in the hall of faith.
4th we are not comfortable with this.)
To say he did offer her: the word “burnt offering” is exactly that.
Hannah said she would offer Samuel as a sacrifice not a “burnt sacrifice”.
2nd Jephthah was a heathen, son of a harlot not a real Yahweh worshiper.
3rd a simple reading of the text would lead one to conclude that he did in fact kill his daughter.
c.
Judges 12:6, 42,000 Ephraimites are killed due to their rebellion against Jephthah.
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After Jephthah you had the Judges: Ibzan, Elan, Abdon – had 40 sons.
*6) **The Philistine Oppression *
a. Was the longest and most severe oppression.
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