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  1. July 4 - Bethlehem: House of Bread

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    07/04/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    בית לחם - In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. RUTH 1:1
    July 4 - Bethlehem: House of Bread

  2. July 3 - Slingshots and Sin

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    07/03/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    חטא - Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. JUDGES 20:16
    July 3 - Slingshots and Sin

  3. July 2 - Samson Has the Last Laugh

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    07/02/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שחק - Now the house was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about 3,000 men and women, who looked on while Samson entertained. JUDGES 16:27
    July 2 - Samson Has the Last Laugh

  4. July 1 - Skirt-Chasing Sunny Boy

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    07/01/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שׁמשׁון - And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. JUDGES 13:24–25
    July 1 - Skirt-Chasing Sunny Boy

  5. June 30 - No Barbers, Bars, and Bodies

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    06/30/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    נזיר - And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” JUDGES 13:3–5
    June 30 - No Barbers, Bars, and Bodies

  6. June 29 - Shibboleth

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    06/29/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שׁבלת - And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,” they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell. JUDGES 12:5–6
    June 29 - Shibboleth

  7. June 28 - The Bramble King

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    06/28/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אטד - "Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’ And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’" JUDGES 9:14–15
    June 28 - The Bramble King

  8. June 27 - The Harlot’s Ephod

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    06/27/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אפוד - And the weight of the golden earrings that [Gideon] requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels. And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. JUDGES 8:26–27
    June 27 - The Harlot’s Ephod

  9. June 26 - Shofar

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    06/26/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שׁופר - And [Gideon] divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars. JUDGES 7:16
    June 26 - Shofar

  10. June 25 - God the Refiner

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    06/25/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    צרף - And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there, and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ shall go with you, and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ shall not go.” JUDGES 7:4
    June 25 - God the Refiner

  11. June 24 - Gideon’s Nickname

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    06/24/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ירבעל - But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down.” Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar. JUDGES 6:31–32
    June 24 - Gideon’s Nickname

  12. June 23 - The Canaanite Consorts

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    06/23/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    בעל אשׁרה - That night the Lord said to [Gideon], “Take your father's bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.” JUDGES 6:25–26
    June 23 - The Canaanite Consorts