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A man slain by a tent peg; a superman dispatching his enemies with the jawbone of a donkey; yet another man carving up a woman. It is all in the book of Judges, and it is all covered by Simon J. Robinson, who leads us through the book, opening it up and applying it powerfully and relevantly to readers today.

anyone, so the army had to be reduced. This was done in two phases. First, God told Gideon to allow anyone who was overcome with fear to walk away (see Deut. 20:8), and 22,000 men left. But that was not enough: ‘The LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go” ’ (7:4). The men were taken down to the river
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