Judges

Old Testament

Deborah & Gideon

Judges raised up

Two very different deliverers in the cyclical world of Judges.

Reading plan

Judges 4 Judges 5 Judges 6 Judges 7

How the story unfolds

1
Deborah judges Israel
A prophet and judge sends Barak to battle.
Judges 4
2
The song of Deborah
One of the oldest poems in the Hebrew Bible.
Judges 5
3
Gideon's fleece
A reluctant deliverer asks for signs.
Judges 6
4
Three hundred
The army is reduced before the battle.
Judges 7

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