Judges and Ruth 9/27/17 Professor Tate

Vocabulary Apostasy Deborah Jael Sisera Ruth Naomi Boaz Levirate marriage Kinsman redeemer

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord… Judges 3 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, forgetting the Lord their God, and worshiping the Baals and the Asherahs. Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of King Cushan-rishathaim…But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the Israelites, who delivered them, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. The spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel…So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died. The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord…

Judges 4 At that time, Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel…She sent and summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you, ‘Go, take your position at Mount Tabor, bringing 10,000 from the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of Zebulun. I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you…and I will give him into your hand.’”

Judges 4 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” And she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.”

Judges 4 Jael came out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. He said to her, “Stand by the entrance of the tent, and if anybody comes and asks you ‘Is anyone here?’ say ‘No.’”

Judges 4 But jail wife of Weber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, until it went down into the ground—he was lying fast asleep from weariness—and he died… So on that day God subdued King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites. Then the hand of the Israelites bore harder and harder on King Jabin of Canaan, until they destroyed King Jabin of Canaan.

Ruth 1 “Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? Turn back, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband.”

Ruth 1 So Naomi said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” But Ruth said, “Do not press me to leave you Or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; Where you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God my God. Where you die, I will die— There I will be buried. May the Lord do thus and so to me, And more as well, If even death parts me from you!

Who is the protagonist of the book of ruth? Ruth, naomi, or boaz?

Ruth? And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.”

ruth? At midnight the man was startled, and turned over, and there, lying at his feet, was a woman! “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter; this last instance of your loyalty is better than the first!”

Naomi? “Now wash and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, observe the place where he lies; then, go and uncover his feet and lie down; and he will tell you what to do.”

Boaz? Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women…If you get thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

What is Ruth’s status in Israel?

Ruth 4 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next-of-kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel! He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him. Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse. The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.”

Vocabulary Apostasy Judge Deborah Jael Sisera Ruth Naomi Boaz Levirate marriage Kinsman redeemer