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Devotional: Judges 18:1-13

Today’s passage: Judges 18:1-13

Helpful thoughts:

  • The people of Dan felt as though they had no inheritance in the land but that was simply not true.
    • They had been given an inheritance (Joshua 19:40-48).
    • They failed to ever take possession of it (Judges 1:34-36).
  • The leaders of Dan inquired from God from a Levite who was serving in an illegitimate ministry with no hesitation.
    • That hired Levite gave an immediate vague response that was entirely open to interpretation under the name of Yahweh.
  • Compared to the thousands and ten-thousands of men the other tribes have mustered up for battles over the last couple hundred years in Israel, the Danites put together an army of 600.

Questions to consider:

  1. Why didn’t the Danites have more land for their possession in the first place?  Did God fail them?  Did the rest of Israel fail them?
  2. How many ways could the Levite’s response have been interpreted?  For example, if you were looking for a fight, how might you interpret, “Go in peace?”
  3. What was motivating the Danites to prepare to fight?  How does this motivation compare to the motivation from Joshua 23:1-13?  How can God’s promises to His people, Christ’s victory over death, and His love for you motivate you to live today?

September 13, 2019 Category: Devotions, Judges

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