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The Midwives
Pharaoh’s growing problem Pharaoh was anxious. The increasing size of the Israelite presence in Egypt’s Delta region was worrisome, and in spite of his imposition of harsh servitude, they just...
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Two Mothers, One Son
In a previous post, we considered the identity of Pharaoh’s daughter and concluded there does not seem to be enough evidence to settle on any one name with confidence. However there is information...
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Achsah: The Daughter Who Asked for More
Caleb watched as distant figures, shimmering like a mirage from the arid Negeb, gradually assumed familiar shapes, and he waited. It was his lovely daughter, Achsah, with her new husband. She was no...
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Achsah: The Daughter Who Asked for More, Part 2
The actions of ten spies sealed the fate of the tribes of Israel in ways they never expected. Their evil report fueled rebellion within the ranks, and no one—not Moses or Aaron, not Joshua or...
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A Hospitality of Believers
How would you like to host a church in your home? A number of women in the early years of the church opened their homes for prayer, study, and worship, even when it was not easy to follow Jesus...
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Deborah: Judge/Deliverer
Wanted: Administrator/Judge for Israel Duties: Adjudicate disputes, give counsel, defeat Canaanites Qualifications: Confident, wise, visionary, dedicated Term limits: 40 years In the calamitous times...
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The Story of Ruth: The Beginning
“Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two...
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The Story of Ruth: Choices
Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there...
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The Story of Ruth: The Kinsman Redeemer
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you? Now Boaz, whose young women you were with, is he not our relative? In fact, he...
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Jael: Perplexing Participant in the Dark Side of History
Map of ancient Palestine/Israel (Photo credit: cod_gabriel) When the tribes of Israel settled in Canaan, they failed to evict the resident peoples as God had commanded. This failure was a costly...
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