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And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
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GOD's angel went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you out of Egypt; I led you to the land that I promised to your fathers; and I said, I'll never break my covenant with you--never!
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The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you,
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Then the Angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: "I led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and I said, "I will never break My covenant with you.
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The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim with a message for the Israelites. He told them, "I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with you.
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And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
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And you're never to make a covenant with the people who live in this land. Tear down their altars! But you haven't obeyed me! What's this that you're doing?
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and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.' Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?
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And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.' But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?
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For your part, you were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. Why, then, have you disobeyed my command?
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Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
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"So now I'm telling you that I won't drive them out before you. They'll trip you up and their gods will become a trap."
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Now therefore I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will be thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you."
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Therefore I also said, "I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you."'
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Since you have done this, I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a constant temptation to you."
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And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
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When GOD's angel had spoken these words to all the People of Israel, they cried out--oh! how they wept!
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When the angel of the LORD had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,
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So it was, when the Angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.
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When the angel of the LORD finished speaking, the Israelites wept loudly.
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And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
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They named the place Bokim (Weepers). And there they sacrificed to GOD.
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and they called that place Bokim. There they offered sacrifices to the LORD.
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Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the LORD.
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So they called the place "Weeping," and they offered sacrifices to the LORD.
Judg.2.6
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
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[JC] After Joshua had dismissed them, the People of Israel went off to claim their allotted territories and take possession of the land.
Judg.2.6
After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
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And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.
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After Joshua sent the people away, each of the tribes left to take possession of the land allotted to them.
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And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
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The people worshiped GOD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the time of the leaders who survived him, leaders who had been in on all of GOD's great work that he had done for Israel.
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The people served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
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So the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD which He had done for Israel.
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And the Israelites served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the leaders who outlived him--those who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
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And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
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Then Joshua son of Nun, the servant of GOD, died. He was 110 years old.
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Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.
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Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died when he was one hundred and ten years old.
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Then Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
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They buried him in his allotted inheritance at Timnath Heres in the hills of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.
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And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
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And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.
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They buried him in the land he had inherited, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
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And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
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Eventually that entire generation died and was buried. Then another generation grew up that didn't know anything of GOD or the work he had done for Israel. [JC]
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After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel.
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When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD nor the work which He had done for Israel.
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After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.
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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
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The People of Israel did evil in GOD's sight:
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Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals.
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Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals;
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Then the Israelites did what was evil in the LORD's sight and worshiped the images of Baal.
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And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
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they served Baal-gods; they deserted GOD, the God of their parents who had led them out of Egypt; they took up with other gods, gods of the peoples around them. They actually worshiped them! And oh, how they angered GOD
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They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the LORD to anger
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and they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked the LORD to anger.
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They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They chased after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them. And they angered the LORD.
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And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
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as they worshiped god Baal and goddess Astarte!
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because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
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They forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
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They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
Judg.2.14
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
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GOD's anger was hot against Israel: He handed them off to plunderers who stripped them; he sold them cheap to enemies on all sides. They were helpless before their enemies.
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In his anger against Israel the LORD handed them over to raiders who plundered them. He sold them to their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
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And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
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This made the LORD burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to marauders who stole their possessions. He sold them to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them.
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Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
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Every time they walked out the door GOD was with them--but for evil, just as GOD had said, just as he had sworn he would do. They were in a bad way.
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Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the LORD was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.
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Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for calamity, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.
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Every time Israel went out to battle, the LORD fought against them, bringing them defeat, just as he promised. And the people were very distressed.
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Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
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But then GOD raised up judges who saved them from their plunderers.
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Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders.
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Nevertheless, the LORD raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
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Then the LORD raised up judges to rescue the Israelites from their enemies.
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And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
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But they wouldn't listen to their judges; they prostituted themselves to other gods--worshiped them! They lost no time leaving the road walked by their parents, the road of obedience to GOD's commands. They refused to have anything to do with it.
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Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. Unlike their fathers, they quickly turned from the way in which their fathers had walked, the way of obedience to the LORD 's commands.
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Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so.
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Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves to other gods, bowing down to them. How quickly they turned away from the path of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commands.
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And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
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When GOD was setting up judges for them, he would be right there with the judge: He would save them from their enemies' oppression as long as the judge was alive, for GOD was moved to compassion when he heard their groaning because of those who afflicted and beat them.
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Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD had compassion on them as they groaned under those who oppressed and afflicted them.
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And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.
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Whenever the LORD placed a judge over Israel, he was with that judge and rescued the people from their enemies throughout the judge's lifetime. For the LORD took pity on his people, who were burdened by oppression and suffering.
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And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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But when the judge died, the people went right back to their old ways--but even worse than their parents!-running after other gods, serving and worshiping them. Stubborn as mules, they didn't drop a single evil practice.
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But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their fathers, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
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And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.
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But when the judge died, the people returned to their corrupt ways, behaving worse than those who had lived before them. They followed other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them. And they refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
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And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
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And GOD's anger blazed against Israel. He said, "Because these people have thrown out my covenant that I commanded their parents and haven't listened to me,
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Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and said, "Because this nation has violated the covenant that I laid down for their forefathers and has not listened to me,
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Then the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and He said, "Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not heeded My voice,
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So the LORD burned with anger against Israel. He said, "Because these people have violated the covenant I made with their ancestors and have ignored my commands,
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I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
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I'm not driving out one more person from the nations that Joshua left behind when he died.
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I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
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I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,
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I will no longer drive out the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.
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That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
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I'll use them to test Israel and see whether they stay on GOD's road and walk down it as their parents did."
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I will use them to test Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the LORD and walk in it as their forefathers did."
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so that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the ways of the LORD, to walk in them as their fathers kept them, or not."
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I did this to test Israel--to see whether or not they would obey the LORD as their ancestors did."
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Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
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That's why GOD let those nations remain. He didn't drive them out or let Joshua get rid of them.
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The LORD had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.
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Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
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That is why the LORD did not quickly drive the nations out or allow Joshua to conquer them all.
