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Day 56 - Era of Judges

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English translation of  hebrew version . Map of the twelve tribes of Israel, before the move of Dan to the North Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 2/25/2019     Day 56   Judges 1:1 - 3:6 Reflection: Background by the Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org.  Gregory Mobley writes in NOAVB5 - Judges is Named for the system of people that settled disputes between the time of Joshua and the monarchy. Maybe between 1200 BCE - 1025 BCE (bc). Structure- 1:1- 2:5 | Days after Joshua; tribal fortunes against Canaanites; seems to have a bias toward Judah (southern kingdom) 2:6 - 16:31 | Days of the Judges with featured ones at end of the section. 17:1 - 21:25 | No centralized government or priesthood; disarray; People take to local gods as they assimilate. Judges have highs and lows and are flawed. Section for today spe...

Day 69 - 18th day in Lent

Read |  Day 69 | Tuesday | March 10 | Numbers 32:1 – 33:56 Date | 1145 or 1279 BC Reading | Tribes in East of the Jordan take over the land in that area; daily camp listing on their journey; Aaron dies on Mount Hor on the first day, fifth month, fortieth year of the wandering at 123 years old. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   | pp. 256 -259 Read | Day 70 | Wednesday | March 11 | Numbers 34:1 – 36:13 +++ General Thanksgiving Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hear...