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Judges Chapter 3

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Judges

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In this chapter the Israelites, under the leadership of Gideon, defeat the Midianites who had been oppressing them for years, and Gideon’s people are given the chance to be free. The chapter also shows the theme of God’s judgment and the people’s response to His call.

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(1) Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
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Judges 2:21Judges 2:22Deuteronomy 7:22Deuteronomy 8:2Deuteronomy 8:16II Chronicles 32:31Job 23:10Proverbs 17:3Jeremiah 6:27Jeremiah 17:9Jeremiah 17:10Zechariah 13:9

(2) Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
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Genesis 2:17Genesis 3:5Genesis 3:7II Chronicles 12:8Matthew 10:34Matthew 10:35Matthew 10:36Matthew 10:37Matthew 10:38Matthew 10:39John 16:33I Corinthians 9:26

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Matthew 1:17

(3) Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
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Judges 10:7Judges 14:4Joshua 13:3I Samuel 4:1I Samuel 4:2I Samuel 6:18I Samuel 13:5I Samuel 13:19I Samuel 13:20I Samuel 13:21I Samuel 13:22I Samuel 13:23

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Exodus 19:20I Samuel 6:4Joshua 11:17Joshua 13:5Judges 1:29I Chronicles 5:23

(4) And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
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Judges 3:1Judges 2:22Exodus 15:25Deuteronomy 33:8I Corinthians 11:19II Thessalonians 2:9II Thessalonians 2:10II Thessalonians 2:11II Thessalonians 2:12

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Deuteronomy 8:2Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8

(5) And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
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Judges 1:29Judges 1:30Judges 1:31Judges 1:32Psalms 106:34Psalms 106:35Psalms 106:36Psalms 106:37Psalms 106:38Genesis 10:15Genesis 10:16Genesis 10:17

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Exodus 3:8Exodus 3:17Exodus 23:23Deuteronomy 7:1Deuteronomy 20:17Joshua 3:10

(6) And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
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Exodus 34:16Deuteronomy 7:3Deuteronomy 7:4I Kings 11:1I Kings 11:2I Kings 11:3I Kings 11:4I Kings 11:5Ezra 9:11Ezra 9:12Nehemiah 13:23Nehemiah 13:24

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Jeremiah 29:6Judges 10:6Exodus 34:16Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Ezekiel 16:55

(7) And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
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Judges 3:12Judges 2:11Judges 2:12Judges 2:13Judges 6:25Exodus 34:13Deuteronomy 16:21I Kings 16:33I Kings 18:19II Kings 23:6II Kings 23:14II Chronicles 15:16

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Judges 10:6II Chronicles 33:3

(8) Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
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Judges 2:14Judges 2:20Exodus 22:24Deuteronomy 29:20Psalms 6:1Psalms 85:3Judges 4:9Deuteronomy 32:30I Samuel 12:9Isaiah 50:1Romans 7:14Habakkuk 3:7

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Judges 3:10Judges 2:14Judges 10:7

(9) And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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Judges 3:15Judges 4:3Judges 6:7Judges 10:10I Samuel 12:10Nehemiah 9:27Psalms 22:5Psalms 78:34Psalms 106:41Psalms 106:42Psalms 106:43Psalms 106:44

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Judges 1:13Judges 3:15I Chronicles 4:13

(10) And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
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Judges 6:34Judges 11:29Judges 13:25Judges 14:6Judges 14:19Numbers 11:17Numbers 27:18I Samuel 10:6I Samuel 11:6I Samuel 16:13II Chronicles 15:1II Chronicles 20:14

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Judges 3:8

(11) And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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Judges 3:30Judges 5:31Judges 8:28Joshua 11:23Esther 9:22Judges 3:9Joshua 15:17I Chronicles 4:13

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I Chronicles 4:13

(12) And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Judges 2:19Hosea 6:4Exodus 9:16II Kings 5:1Isaiah 10:15Isaiah 37:26Isaiah 45:1Isaiah 45:2Isaiah 45:3Isaiah 45:4Ezekiel 38:16Daniel 4:22

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Judges 11:18Judges 3:17Isaiah 15:1

(13) And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
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Judges 5:14Psalms 83:6Judges 1:16Deuteronomy 34:3Psalms 83:7

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Leviticus 23:40I Kings 6:32Numbers 21:24Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32Joshua 10:26

(14) So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
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Leviticus 26:23Leviticus 26:24Leviticus 26:25Deuteronomy 28:40Deuteronomy 28:47Deuteronomy 28:48

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Judges 11:18Judges 10:6Judges 3:17Isaiah 15:1

(15) But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
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Judges 3:9Psalms 50:15Psalms 78:34Psalms 90:15Jeremiah 29:12Jeremiah 29:13Jeremiah 33:3Judges 20:16I Chronicles 12:2I Samuel 10:27Proverbs 18:16Proverbs 19:6

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Judges 3:17Judges 11:18Isaiah 15:1Judges 3:9

(16) But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
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Psalms 149:6Hebrews 4:12Revelation 1:16Revelation 2:12Judges 3:21Psalms 45:3Song of Solomon 3:8

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Ezekiel 43:13Exodus 25:10Exodus 25:23Exodus 26:13Exodus 30:2Exodus 37:1

(17) And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
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Judges 3:29I Samuel 2:29Job 15:27Psalms 73:7Psalms 73:19Jeremiah 5:28Jeremiah 50:11Ezekiel 34:20

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Judges 3:15Judges 11:18Exodus 29:22Leviticus 3:9Leviticus 4:8Leviticus 8:25

(18) And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
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Job 2:1I Corinthians 5:3Leviticus 17:5II Chronicles 29:29Leviticus 27:11I Chronicles 29:17

(19) But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
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Joshua 4:20Judges 3:20II Kings 9:5II Kings 9:6Acts 23:18Acts 23:19Genesis 45:1

(20) And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
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Amos 3:15Judges 3:19II Samuel 12:1II Samuel 12:2II Samuel 12:3II Samuel 12:4II Samuel 12:5II Samuel 12:6II Samuel 12:7II Samuel 12:8II Samuel 12:9II Samuel 12:10

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I Samuel 20:25Judges 3:23

(21) And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
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Numbers 25:7Numbers 25:8I Samuel 15:33Job 20:25Zechariah 13:3II Corinthians 5:16

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Judges 3:16

(22) And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
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Exodus 29:22Leviticus 3:9Leviticus 4:8Leviticus 8:25

(23) Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
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II Chronicles 29:7Nehemiah 6:10Judges 3:24Judges 3:20

(24) When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
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I Samuel 24:3

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Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38Jeremiah 35:4Judges 3:23

(25) And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
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Judges 19:27Nehemiah 8:5Ezekiel 33:22Ezekiel 46:1Revelation 20:12II Kings 13:17

(26) And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
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I Samuel 9:4Psalms 124:7Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23

(27) And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
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Judges 5:14Judges 6:34I Samuel 13:3II Samuel 20:22II Kings 9:13Judges 7:24Judges 17:1Judges 19:1Joshua 17:15Joshua 17:18

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Joshua 20:7Exodus 19:20Judges 7:24II Chronicles 13:4Zechariah 14:4Judges 12:4

(28) And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
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Judges 4:10Judges 7:17Judges 7:9Judges 7:15I Samuel 17:47Judges 12:5Joshua 2:7

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Judges 11:18

(29) And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
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Judges 3:17Deuteronomy 32:15Job 15:27Psalms 17:10

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Judges 11:18II Samuel 23:20I Chronicles 11:22Isaiah 15:1

(30) So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
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Judges 3:11Judges 5:31

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Judges 11:18Isaiah 15:1

(31) And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
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Judges 5:6Judges 5:8Judges 15:15I Samuel 13:19I Samuel 13:20I Samuel 13:21I Samuel 13:22I Samuel 17:47I Samuel 17:50I Corinthians 1:17Judges 2:16Judges 4:1

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Judges 16:30I Samuel 4:2I Samuel 14:34I Samuel 31:2I Chronicles 10:2I Chronicles 11:14

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