Tag: Judges
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In the Days of the Judges

The shameful apostasy of Israel in the days of the judges was hardly uncharacteristic. As noted in several other texts, Israel never really left behind its idolatry when it came out of the Exodus (cf. Exod. 32; Amos 5:25-26; Jer. 7:25). When they turned to sin, God turned them to oppression. Although the vast majority…