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Psalm 18:47 (Hebrew) HAI ADONAI UVARUKH TZURI

(2X) Lives The LORD and blessed (is) my

Rock

VEYARUM ELOHEI YESHU’ATI (2X) And may He be exalted the God of My salvation

Judges and Ruth:A Study in Contrast

A Visual Review: Taking the Land Jericho Ascent to Plateau and Ai Covenant at Shechem Gibeon on Central

Benjamin Plateau Swing west and through

Shephelah Taking the south – Judean

hill country Conquering the north

Jericho

Ascent to Plateau

Ai

Covenant Renewal at Shechem

Shechem in Spring

Gibeon on Central Benjamin Plateau

Shephelah

Judean hill country

Conquering the north

Thematic Arrangement of Judges Non-chronological

Grandsons of Moses (18:30) and Aaron (20:28) Naming of Mahaneh Dan (18:12) prior to Judges 13:25 Philistines are major enemy for Samson and will continue

to be in the time of Eli, Saul, and David Involvement of significant tribes: Judah (and

the town of Bethlehem), Benjamin, Ephraim No moral leadership (17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25) –

idolatry is increasingly egregious; character of judges themselves is not exemplary

Note also the weakness of the Levites

Incidents in Chapters 17-21 Micah – “spiritual illiteracy” Part of the tribe of Dan migrates

Move from southern exposed position to one even worse in the north

Establishment of false worship as a precedent The Levite and his concubine – Gibeah in

Benjamin What tragic irony underlies this narrative? What abuses take place? What aftershocks occur?

The Exceptional Case of Ruth The practice of hesed Overview of locations

Bethlehem Moab

Characters and “plot” Naomi and Elimelekh to Moab because of famine

in Bethlehem (note Judges 3:30 – Moab subject to Israel for 80 years)

Their sons married Ruth and Orpah – Moabite women

After the deaths of all the men, Naomi decided to return home Why would she urge Ruth and Orpah to return to their

families? What did Naomi say about God?

Boaz – as kinsman-redeemer

Lessons in Ruth God is sovereign

“there was famine in the land” (cf Deut 11:13-17) Return at the time of the barley harvest (Ru 1:22) Gleaning in the field of Boaz

The pattern of faithful living – hesed Redemption

Boaz redeemed Naomi’s property as well as Ruth (an adumbration of Christ) – he served as kinsman redeemer

The son born to Ruth and Boaz was called a kinsman-redeemer The significance of Ruth in the line of David (and Christ)