The Danites Attack

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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# 139 - The Danites Attack - In this episode of The Chosen People, we witness a tribe’s restless search for a home turn into theft, violence, and idolatry. As ambition and compromise replace trust in God, the story challenges us to consider what happens when we trade His promises for temporary gain.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 139 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Hebrews 13:5, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.7	Previously on the chosen people.
0:07.7	The judges of Israel grew darker and more twisted with each passing generation.
0:14.1	Heroes became villains and villains left Israel bound in sin.
0:19.9	Yet the God of Israel would not leave his people forever.
0:23.6	An image, a great and shining image overlaid with silver to honor the Lord.
0:29.6	It will stand in a shrine and people will come from far and wide to worship.
0:35.6	You will be the guardian of this altar, Micah. You will lead the people
0:41.1	in their devotion. He had no love for the true God of Israel, no understanding of his ways. That day,
0:49.4	the silver was carried to a smith, and by fire and hammer, an idol was born.
0:55.8	The cawing of crows broke the silence as a lone figure emerged from the mist.
1:01.4	His staff tapped the earth in a slow, steady rhythm.
1:05.1	He was a Levite from Bethlehem, a man who had once been set apart for the service of God, but now wandered the land as a
1:12.9	cell-sword of the spirit, offering his priestly skills to the highest bidder. His eyes fell upon Micah's
1:20.3	shrine as he travelled, and he paused. A Levite, a true Levite! The Lord has sent you to me. I am certain of it. Stay here. Live among us. I will give you silver five shekels a year, along with food and fine clothes. You will oversee my shrine and serve as a priest to my household.
1:42.3	If the people truly need a priest, then I suppose I must accept for the Lord.
1:53.5	Their worship was a far cry from what Moses had commanded.
1:57.2	It was a hollow, lewd and self-serving practice.
2:01.6	Five figures moved through the mist with a predator's silence.
2:13.6	They were not traders or shepherds, but spies. They were men of war sent from the tribe of Dan.
2:21.3	Their people had wandered for generations, restless and landless,
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