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Judges records the birth pangs of the Israelite nation. From the Conquest to the Settlement, the conflicts in this book (military, political, and religious) reveal a nascent Israel, struggling to define itself as a people. The period of the Judges, c. 1200–1100 B.C.E., was fraught with intertribal struggles, skirmishes, and pitched battles with neighboring peoples, and the constant threat of...

regulations for the ritual purity of the fighting man as reflected in tradition stemming from the Mosaic period; Deut 29:6 cites “no wine or strong drink” as part of the preparation for Israel’s first real victories, against Sihon and Og. 5. Actually, you are already pregnant and bearing a son. The shift in verb forms (perfects in vs. 3, participles here) is entirely in order, following the double asseverative kī hinnāk. For the same pattern but with a single asseverative, see Gen 16:11, which
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