April 26 (Judges 1; Psalm 106:24–48; Romans 7)

Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Ray Ortlund

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0	A reading from the book of Judges.
0:03.5	After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord,
0:08.4	who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?
0:13.7	The Lord said, Judah shall go up.
0:16.1	Behold, I have given the land into his hand.
0:20.3	And Judah said to Simeon his brother,
0:22.8	Come up with me into the territory allotted to me
0:25.6	that we may fight against the Canaanites,
0:28.9	and I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you.
0:33.9	So Simeon went with him.
0:36.5	Then Judah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Parasites into their hand,
0:42.5	and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezik.
0:47.0	They found Adonai Bizek at Bizek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and
0:52.7	the Parasites. Adonai Bizek fled, but they pursued him and defeated the Canaanites and the Parasites.
0:54.3	Adonai Bizek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and
0:59.9	his big toes.
1:02.0	And Adonai Bizek said, 70 kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off, used to pick
1:09.7	up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has
1:15.9	repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. And the men of Judah fought against
1:23.5	Jerusalem and captured it, and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
1:29.3	And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the lowland.
1:36.3	And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron.
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