Numbers 9:1-10:10; Proverbs 6:20-7:27; Mark 16:1-20
Now after the death of Joshua … the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? Judges 1:1
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25
120 years span the striking contrast seen here between the opening and closing words of Judges. It begins with God’s people trusting in Him, seeking His mind concerning the next steps they should take. However, as one has noted about the final chapter, “The book ends with Israel talking to herself. God is completely side-lined.” May this never happen in our lives! —Pete Smith
Lord, on Thee our souls depend; in compassion now descend,
Fill our hearts with Thy grace, tune our lips to sing Thy praise. —W. Hammond