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In this striking commentary, McCann interprets Judges for the church and for the present time. The book shows that when we do not worship and serve God, the results are destructive and ultimately deadly. The story of the book of Judges is the story of a long deterioration in Israel's history when its leaders and people continued to turn away from God and worship false gods or idols. The painful...

from human participation (see commentary on 11:29–40 and 13:1–25, including the quotation from Richard G. Bowman in the latter). Gideon needs another sign; and so he proposes another test, despite the fact that God had passed the first test with flying colors (see 6:17–24), despite the initial success against Baal and his devotees (6:25–32), and despite the most recent appearance of “the spirit of the LORD.” The details of the test, which the LORD again passes with no problem, are far less important
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