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Lexicon :: Strong's H3947 - lāqaḥ

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לָקַח
Transliteration
lāqaḥ
Pronunciation
law-kakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1124

Strong’s Definitions

לָקַח lâqach, law-kakh'; a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):—accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 965x

The KJV translates Strong's H3947 in the following manner: take (747x), receive (61x), take away (51x), fetch (31x), bring (25x), get (6x), take out (6x), carry away (5x), married (4x), buy (3x), miscellaneous (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 965x
The KJV translates Strong's H3947 in the following manner: take (747x), receive (61x), take away (51x), fetch (31x), bring (25x), get (6x), take out (6x), carry away (5x), married (4x), buy (3x), miscellaneous (26x).

  1. to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away

    1. (Qal)

      1. to take, take in the hand

      2. to take and carry along

      3. to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away

      4. to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept

      5. to take up or upon, put upon

      6. to fetch

      7. to take, lead, conduct

      8. to take, capture, seize

      9. to take, carry off

      10. to take (vengeance)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be captured

      2. to be taken away, be removed

      3. to be taken, brought unto

    3. (Pual)

      1. to be taken from or out of

      2. to be stolen from

      3. to be taken captive

      4. to be taken away, be removed

    4. (Hophal)

      1. to be taken unto, be brought unto

      2. to be taken out of

      3. to be taken away

    5. (Hithpael)

      1. to take hold of oneself

      2. to flash about (of lightning)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָקַח lâqach, law-kakh'; a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):—accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
STRONGS H3947: Abbreviations
לָקַח965 verb take (Late Hebrew id., especially buy, and (Niph.) be taken in marriage; MI17; 20 Imperfect ואקח; Phoenician לקח; Assyrian liḳû, laḳû DlHWB 384; Arabic bdb054206 conceive (of female), IV. impregnate; Ethiopic bdb054207 receive; Zinjirli לקח DHMSendsch. 59; Aramaic also Inscription of Carpentras3 (Imperative קחי); compare CookGloss Aramaic Inscr); —
Qal Perfect ל׳ Genesis 2:22 +, לָקָח֑ Genesis 27:36 + (קָח Ezekiel 17:5 is textual error; omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co, compare Ges§ 19, 3. a); suffix לְקָחַנִי Genesis 24:7, לְקָחָם Jeremiah 27:20 (for קָחָם Hosea 11:3 read probably אֶקָּחֵם Greek Version of the LXX Targum Ew St Sta§ 384, 4 Now Che Or We); 2nd person masculine singular לָקַחְתָּ Genesis 20:3 +, etc.; Imperfect יִקַּח Exodus 21:10 +, וַיִּקַּח (Numbers 16:1 read וַיָּקָם Bö We Di Dr 2 Samuel 18:18; 1 Samuel 30:20 read וַיִּקְחוּ We Dr Kit Bu); suffix יִקָּחֵנִי 2 Samuel 22:27 +; יִקָּחֲךָ Job 15:12; 3rd person feminine singular תִּקַּח Genesis 38:23 +; 1st person singular אֶקַּח Genesis 14:23 +, וָאֶקְחָה Zechariah 11:13; 1st person plural נִקַּח Genesis 34:6 +, נִקְחָה 1 Samuel 4:3 +; וַנִּקַּח Deuteronomy 3:8; Deuteronomy 29:7; Imperative לְקַח Exodus 29:1; Proverbs 20:16 + Ezekiel 37:16 (Co וְלָקַחְתָּ֫, after Greek Version of the LXX); feminine singular לִקְחִי 1 Kings 17:11; usually קַח Genesis 6:21 +, קְחָה Genesis 15:9, suffix 3rd person masculine singular, קָחֶנּוּ 1 Samuel 16:11 + 2 times; suffix 3rd person feminine singular קָחֶנָּה Jeremiah 36:14; suffix 3rd person masculine plural קָחֶםנָֿא Genesis 48:9 (compare Köi. 330 Ges§ 61, 2); feminine singular קְחִי Isaiah 23:16 + 3 times; masculine plural קְחוּ Genesis 42:33 +, suffix 3rd person masculine singular קָחֻהוּ 1 Kings 20:33; Infinitive absolute לָקוֺחַ Jeremiah 32:14 + 2 times, לָקֹחַ Deuteronomy 31:26; construct קַחַת Jeremiah 5:3 +; קְחַתֿ 2 Kings 12:9 (Köi. 318); usually with preposition לָקַ֫חַת Genesis 4:11 +, מִקַּ֫חַת 1 Kings 22:3 +, etc.; suffix קַחְתִּי Ezekiel 24:25, קַחְתֵּךְ Genesis 30:15 +, etc.; Participle active לֹקֵחַ Genesis 27:46 +, etc.; passive plural לְקֻחִים Proverbs 24:11; —
1. take, take in the hand, followed by accusative of thing, Exodus 7:15 (J), Exodus 17:5 (E), Numbers 25:7 (P), 2 Kings 4:29 (all with בְּיַד) 2 Samuel 18:14 (with בְּכַף), compare Genesis 8:9 (J), Exodus 4:17; Exodus 12:22 (JE), Deuteronomy 15:17 + often; Genesis 40:11 (E; of plucking grapes. 2 Samuel 4:6 read סֹקְלָה for לֹקְחֵי, see חִטָּה, above, and סקל). This easily passes into
2. take and carry along with oneself, כֶּסֶף קְחוּ בְיֶדְכֶם Genesis 43:12 (J), Joshua 9:11 (JE), 1 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 8:8, 9; 2 Kings 9:1 all Proverbs 7:20 (all with בְּיַד); Genesis 43:15; Joshua 9:4 (both J E), +.
3.
a. take from, or out of, followed by active of thing or person, + מִן local: Genesis 2:22 (rib from man), Genesis 3:22 (man from ground; both J); Deuteronomy 19:12; 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Kings 17:19 +; וַיִּקַּ ח אֶתהַֿחֶרֶב מֵעַל יֶרֶךְ יִמִינוֺ Judges 3:21 (i.e. drew it); with ב instrumental בְּמֶלְקָחַיִם מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ ל׳ Isaiah 6:6; followed by מִן partitive 2 Samuel 12:4.
b. take, carry away: Ezekiel 3:14 sprit lifited me up and carried me away; figurative of passion carrying one away Job 15:12.
c. take away from, so as to deprive of, followed by accusative Genesis 42:36 (E); followed by accusative + מִן, Genesis 44:29 (מֵעִם; J), 1 Kings 11:34; Psalm 51:13; לֹקֵחַ אֶתֿ י׳ אֲדֹנֶיךָ מֵעַל ראֹשֶׁ֑ךָ 2 Kings 2:3 י׳ is about to take away thy lord from over thy head, so 2 Kings 2:5; compare absolute אֵינֶנּוּ אֹתוֺ אלהים כִּילֿ׳ Genesis 5:24 (P); more often without מִן, Genesis 27:36 (twice in verse); Genesis 30:15 (twice in verse); Genesis 31:1 (all J), Judges 11:13, 15; Judges 15:6; Judges 18:24; 1 Samuel 12:3 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 12:4; 1 Kings 11:34; Job 12:20; absolute Job 1:21; אֶתֶּןלְֿךָ מֶלֶךְ בְּאַמִּי וְאֶקַּח בְּעֶבְרָתִי Hosea 13:11; of the sword, taking away its victims Ezekiel 33:4, 6; figurative of taking away understanding Hosea 4:11.
d. especially take away life 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Psalm 31:14; Proverbs 1:19; Jonah 4:3.
4. take to or for a person:
a. for oneself, followed by accusative + לְ, = appropriate to oneself Deuteronomy 7:25; Numbers 8:16 (P), Deuteronomy 22:7; 2 Kings 12:6; with לְ as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], Zechariah 11:7; אֶתשְֿׁנֵי יְלָדַי לוֺ לַעֲבָדִים ל׳ 2 Kings 4:1 to take my two sons for himself for slaves; so (without לְ reflexive), תִּקָּחֶנּוּ לְעֶבֶד עוֺלָם Job 40:28 wilt thou take him as slave for ever?
b. = procure, get, followed by accusative + לְ, קְחוּ לָכֶם תֶּבֶן Exodus 5:11 (J) get you straw; לֹקֵחַ לוֺ קָלוֺן Proverbs 9:7 getteth to himself shame; so often, especially קַח לְךָ, etc., Genesis 6:21; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 16:21; Genesis 45:19 +; without לְ, Nehemiah 5:2 let us procure corn, and eat and live; of acquiring a field Proverbs 31:16.
c. take possession of, followed by accusative, of land Deuteronomy 29:7; Joshua 11:16, 23 (all D), 2 Chronicles 16:5; compare מְּקֻדָּתוֺ יִקַּח אַחֵר Psalm 109:8 his office let another take; figurative הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל Job 3:6 that night — let darkness take possession of it!
d. = select, choose, י׳ וְאֶתְכֶם ל׳ Deuteronomy 4:20, compare Deuteronomy 4:34)+ לוֺ), 1 Kings 11:37; of men Deuteronomy 1:15; Joshua 3:12 (J E; + לָכֶם); + מִן Deuteronomy 1:23; Joshua 4:2 (JE).
e. especially take in marriage:
(1) for another, especially a son, with לְ, וְלָקַחְתָּ֫ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי, Genesis 24:4 and thou shalt take a wife for my son, so Genesis 24:7; Genesis 24:38; Genesis 24:40; Genesis 24:48 (all J), Genesis 21:21 (E), Jeremiah 29:6b;
(2) more often for oneself, usually with לְ reflexive (sometimes + לְאִשָּׁה), Genesis 4:19; Genesis 6:2; Genesis 11:29; Genesis 12:19 (all J), + often; without לְ Genesis 20:2, 3(E), etc.
f. = receive, accept, especially a bribe, gift, ransom, etc., 1 Samuel 8:3c; 1 Samuel 12:4 (both followed by מִן), Amos 5:12; 2 Kings 5:15, 16, 20, 23, 26 (twice in verse); Psalm 15:5; interest-money Ezekiel 18:13, 17; Ezekiel 22:12; inheritance Joshua 13:8; Joshua 18:7(both D), Numbers 34:14 (twice in verse); Numbers 34:15 (P); of earth, receiving Abel's blood Genesis 4:11 (J); chastisement Isaiah 40:2; of perceiving a sound, Job 4:11 mine ear received a whisper of it; receive mentally: וְלָקַח בְּעָלָיו Exodus 22:10 (E) i.e. shall accept the oath as satisfactory; בָּרֵךְ לָקַחְתִּי Numbers 23:20 (JE), i.e. I have received (commandment by revelation) to bless; receive instruction Proverbs 24:32; Jeremiah 2:30 +; entanglements of temptation Proverbs 22:25.
g. take, as preliminary to further action: Genesis 31:34 (E), she took them and put them; Judges 3:25 take key and open; Joshua 2:4 she took the two men and hid them; 1 Kings 18:4 Obadiah took 100 prophets and hid them; 1 Kings 19:21 Elisha took the yoke of oxen and slew them, compare 2 Samuel 17:19; 2 Samuel 18:18; sometimes wholly redundant, קְחוּ וַעֲשׂוּ עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה 1 Samuel 6:7 take and prepare a new cart, etc.; somewhat different is הַלֹּקְחִים לְשׁוֺנָם וַיִּנְאֲמוּ נְאֻם Jeremiah 23:31, i.e. they take (= make use of) their own tongues, and talk oracles.
5. take up, upon = put upon, followed by ׃עַל וַתִּקַּת תָּמָר אֵפֶר עַלרֿאֹשָׁהּ 2 Samuel 13:19 and Tamar put ashes upon her head; וַיִּקָּחֶהָ עַלהַֿחֲמוֺר Judges 19:28; compare יִפְרשֹׁ כְּנָפָיו יִקָּחֵהוּ Deuteronomy 32:11 he spreadeth his wings, he taketh him up.
6. = fetch: קְחִינָֿא לִי מְעַטמַֿיִם 1 Kings 17:10 fetch me, pray, a little water, compare 1 Kings 17:11; 1 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 2:20; 2 Kings 4:41; וְקַחלִֿי מִשָּׁם שְׁנֵי גְּדָיֵי עִוִּים Genesis 27:9 and fetch me thence two kids, compare Genesis 27:13 (J); + בְּיָדִי 1 Samuel 21:9; an offering Leviticus 12:8 (P; || הֵבִיא Leviticus 12:6); with human object often nearly = summon, לָקֹב אֹיְבַי לְקַחְתִּיךָ Numbers 33:11 (JE) to curse mine enemies did I summon thee, Judges 11:5; 1 Samuel 16:11; שְׁלַח וְקַח אֹתוֺ אֵלַי 1 Samuel 20:31 send and bring him unto me; 2 Kings 3:15; 2 Kings 6:13 +; of י׳, summoning his people from exile, מִשָּׁם יְקָּחֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 30:4.
7. take=lead, conduct (with or without contact): וַיִּקַּח אֶתשְֿׁנֵי בָנָיו עִמּוֺ Genesis 48:1; גַּם בְּקַרְכֶם קְחוּ Exodus 12:32 (both E); וְאֶתעַֿמּוֺ לָקַח עִמּוֺ Exodus 14:6 (J) and his people he took with him; compare Exodus 14:7 (J), Joshua 8:1 (JE), Judges 4:6; אֶקָּֽחֲךָ אֶלמָֿקוֺם אַחֵר Numbers 23:27 I will take thee unto another place, compare Numbers 23:14; Numbers 23:28 (all J E); י׳ subject, וָאֶקַּח אֶתאֲֿבִיכֶם Joshua 24:3 (E) and I took your father Abraham from beyond the river; לַמָּוֶת הַצֵּל לְקֻחִים rescue those led to death.
8. take = capture, seize: לָקַחְתִּי בְחָזְקָה 1 Samuel 2:16 I will take by force, that is, flesh; of spoils, בֶּצַע כֶּסֶף לֹא ל׳ Judges 5:19 gain of silver they took not; of capture of ark 1 Samuel 5:1; bronze 2 Samuel 8:3, etc.; territory Genesis 48:22 (E), Deuteronomy 3:14; cities Numbers 21:25 (JE), Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 11:19 (D), 1 Samuel 7:14; 2 Samuel 8:1; of capture of hippopotamus Job 40:24; of seductions of woman, בְּעַפְעַפֶּיהָ וְאַל־תִּקָֽחֲךָ Proverbs 6:25 and let her not capture thee with her eyelids.
9. take = carry off:
a. as booty Genesis 14:11; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Samuel 30:16, 18, 19, 20; 1 Kings 14:26 (twice in verse).
b. as prisoners Genesis 14:12; 2 Kings 18:32 = Isaiah 36:17; 2 Kings 23:34 2 Chronicles 36:4.
10. in phrase take vengeance: וְנִקְחָה נִקְמָתֵנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ Jeremiah 20:10 and we will take our vengeance upon him; absolute נָקָם אֶקַּח Isaiah 47:3 vengeance will I take.
† Niph. Perfect נִלְקַח 1 Samuel 4:22; נִלְקָ֑ח 1 Samuel 4:11; Ezekiel 33:6; 3rd person feminine singular נִלְקָ֑חָה 1 Samuel 4:17; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּלָּקַח Esther 2:8, 16; 1st person singular אֶלָּקַח 2 Kings 2:9; Infinitive construct הִלָּקַח 1 Samuel 4:19, 21, suffix הִלָּֽקְחוֺ 1 Samuel 21:7; —
1. be captured, of ark 1 Samuel 4:11, 17, 19, 21, 22.
2. be taken away, removed, of shewbread 1 Samuel 21:7; of removal by death Ezekiel 33:6; of translation of Elijah 2 Kings 2:9 (with מֵעִם person)
3. be taken, brought unto (אֶלֿ), only Esther 2:8, 16.
† Pu. Perfect לֻקַּח Genesis 3:23 +, 3rd person feminine singular לְֻקָֿחָהֿ Genesis 2:23, 2nd person masculine singular לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ Genesis 3:19, etc.; —
1. be taken from, out of (מִן of source) Genesis 2:23; Genesis 3:19, 23 (all J); compare וְלֻקַּח מֵהֶם קְלָלָה Jeremiah 29:22 and there shall be taken from them)derived from their case) a curse-formula.
2. = be stolen from, Judges 17:2 (ל person)
3. be taken captive, Jeremiah 48:46, compare Isaiah 52:5.
4. be taken away, removed (= Niph. 2), of Elijah's translation 2 Kings 2:10 (with מֵאֵת person), of death Isaiah 53:8 (with מִן, probably instrumental)
Hoph. Imperfect יֻקַּח Genesis 18:4 +, etc.; —
1. be taken, brought unto Genesis 12:15 (J; followed by בֵּית to the house of), Genesis 18:4 (absolute)
2. be taken out of Job 28:2 (מִן of source), from, of Ezekiel 15:3 (מִן partitive)
3. be taken away from Isaiah 49:24 (מִן person); absolute Isaiah 49:25.
Hithp. Participle feminine singular אֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּ֫חַת literally fire taking hold of itself, of lightning Exodus 9:24 (JE), Ezekiel 1:4, exact significance dubious; in close succession, incessant Di Sm, infolding itself, i.e. a mass of fire, Thes Rob-Ges A VB SS, > of quivering flashes Buhl, of forked or zigzag lightning Da.
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Genesis

2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 2:23; 3:19; 3:19; 3:22; 3:23; 3:23; 4:11; 4:11; 4:19; 5:24; 6:2; 6:21; 6:21; 8:9; 11:29; 12:15; 12:19; 12:19; 14:11; 14:12; 14:23; 15:9; 18:4; 18:4; 20:2; 20:3; 20:3; 21:21; 24:4; 24:7; 24:7; 24:38; 24:40; 24:48; 27:9; 27:13; 27:36; 27:36; 27:46; 30:15; 30:15; 31:1; 31:34; 34:6; 38:23; 40:11; 42:33; 42:36; 43:12; 43:15; 44:29; 45:19; 48:1; 48:9; 48:22

Exodus

4:17; 5:11; 7:15; 9:24; 12:22; 12:32; 14:6; 14:7; 17:5; 21:10; 22:10; 29:1

Leviticus

12:6; 12:8

Numbers

8:16; 16:1; 21:25; 23:14; 23:20; 23:27; 23:28; 25:7; 33:11; 34:14; 34:15

Deuteronomy

1:15; 1:23; 3:8; 3:14; 3:14; 4:20; 4:34; 7:25; 15:17; 19:12; 22:7; 29:7; 29:7; 30:4; 31:26; 32:11

Joshua

2:4; 3:12; 4:2; 8:1; 9:4; 9:11; 11:16; 11:19; 11:23; 13:8; 18:7; 24:3

Judges

3:21; 3:25; 4:6; 5:19; 11:5; 11:13; 11:15; 15:6; 17:2; 18:24; 19:28

1 Samuel

2:16; 4:3; 4:11; 4:11; 4:17; 4:17; 4:19; 4:19; 4:21; 4:21; 4:22; 4:22; 5:1; 6:7; 7:14; 8:3; 12:3; 12:4; 16:11; 16:11; 17:49; 20:31; 21:7; 21:7; 21:9; 27:9; 30:16; 30:18; 30:19; 30:20; 30:20

2 Samuel

4:6; 8:1; 8:3; 12:4; 12:4; 13:19; 17:19; 18:14; 18:18; 18:18; 22:27

1 Kings

11:34; 11:34; 11:37; 14:3; 14:26; 17:10; 17:11; 17:11; 17:11; 17:19; 18:4; 19:10; 19:14; 19:21; 20:33; 22:3

2 Kings

2:3; 2:5; 2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 2:20; 3:15; 4:1; 4:29; 4:41; 5:5; 5:15; 5:16; 5:20; 5:23; 5:26; 6:13; 8:8; 8:9; 9:1; 12:6; 12:9; 18:32; 23:34

2 Chronicles

16:5; 36:4

Nehemiah

5:2

Esther

2:8; 2:8; 2:16; 2:16

Job

1:21; 3:6; 4:11; 12:20; 15:12; 15:12; 28:2; 40:24

Psalms

15:5; 31:14; 51:13; 109:8

Proverbs

1:19; 6:25; 7:20; 9:7; 20:16; 22:25; 24:11; 24:32; 31:16

Isaiah

6:6; 23:16; 36:17; 40:2; 47:3; 49:24; 49:25; 52:5; 53:8

Jeremiah

2:30; 5:3; 20:10; 23:31; 27:20; 29:6; 29:22; 32:14; 36:14; 48:46

Ezekiel

1:4; 3:14; 15:3; 17:5; 18:13; 18:17; 22:12; 24:25; 33:4; 33:6; 33:6; 33:6; 37:16

Hosea

4:11; 11:3; 13:11

Amos

5:12

Jonah

4:3

Zechariah

11:7; 11:13

H3947

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Strong's Number H3947 matches the Hebrew לָקַח (lāqaḥ),
which occurs 44 times in 41 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:6 - and they intermarried with them. Israelite sons married their daughters, and Israelite daughters were given in marriage to their sons. And the Israelites served their gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - so they waited. But when the king didn’t come out after a long delay, they became concerned and got a key. And when they opened the doors, they found their master dead on the floor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam, who lived in Kedesh in the land of Naphtali. She said to him, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: Call out 10,000 warriors from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - But when Sisera fell asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - “The kings of Canaan came and fought,
at Taanach near Megiddo’s springs,
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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - The angel of God said to him, “Place the meat and the unleavened bread on this rock, and pour the broth over it.” And Gideon did as he was told.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - Then build an altar to the LORD your God here on this hilltop sanctuary, laying the stones carefully. Sacrifice the bull as a burnt offering on the altar, using as fuel the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27 - So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had commanded. But he did it at night because he was afraid of the other members of his father’s household and the people of the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So Gideon collected the provisions and rams’ horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept the 300 men with him.
The Midianite camp was in the valley just below Gideon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - Then Gideon took the elders of the town and taught them a lesson, punishing them with thorns and briers from the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:21 - Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Be a man! Kill us yourself!” So Gideon killed them both and took the royal ornaments from the necks of their camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - he divided his men into three groups and set an ambush in the fields. When Abimelech saw the people coming out of the city, he and his men jumped up from their hiding places and attacked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - so he led his forces to Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and chopped some branches from a tree, then put them on his shoulder. “Quick, do as I have done!” he told his men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob. The elders said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered it on a rock as a sacrifice to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife watched, the LORD did an amazing thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said, “If the LORD were going to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn’t have appeared to us and told us this wonderful thing and done these miracles.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:2 - When he returned home, he told his father and mother, “A young Philistine woman in Timnah caught my eye. I want to marry her. Get her for me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - His father and mother objected. “Isn’t there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked. “Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?”
But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - Later, when he returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to look at the carcass of the lion. And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:11 - When the bride’s parents[fn] saw him, they selected thirty young men from the town to be his companions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6 - “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded.
“Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from Timnah gave Samson’s wife to be married to his best man.” So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15 - Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. He picked it up and killed 1,000 Philistines with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. The men were hiding in the inner room as before, and again Delilah cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But again Samson snapped the ropes from his arms as if they were thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:2 - One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces[fn] of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.”
“The LORD bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So when he returned the money to his mother, she took 200 silver coins and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - the five scouts entered the shrine and removed the carved image, the sacred ephod, the household idols, and the cast idol. Meanwhile, the priest was standing at the gate with the 600 armed warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 - When the priest saw the men carrying all the sacred objects out of Micah’s shrine, he said, “What are you doing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20 - The young priest was quite happy to go with them, so he took along the sacred ephod, the household idols, and the carved image.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:24 - “What do you mean, ‘What’s the matter?’” Micah replied. “You’ve taken away all the gods I have made, and my priest, and I have nothing left!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27 - Then, with Micah’s idols and his priest, the men of Dan came to the town of Laish, whose people were peaceful and secure. They attacked with swords and burned the town to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:28 - He said, “Get up! Let’s go!” But there was no answer.[fn] So he put her body on his donkey and took her home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he got home, he took a knife and cut his concubine’s body into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each tribe throughout all the territory of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - One-tenth of the men[fn] from each tribe will be chosen to supply the warriors with food, and the rest of us will take revenge on Gibeah[fn] of Benjamin for this shameful thing they have done in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, ‘Please be sympathetic. Let them have your daughters, for we didn’t find wives for all of them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not actually give your daughters to them in marriage.’”
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