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Judg. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And an ζangel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochimh, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I saidk, I will never break my covenant with you.

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or, messenger.

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Judg. 2:5• ⁵And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to Jehovah. (Judg. 2:5)

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Gen. 17:7• ⁷And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. (Gen. 17:7)

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Psa. 89:34• ³⁴My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. (Psa. 89:34)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5: An angel rebukes the people at Bochim.

6-13: The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua.

14-19: God's anger and pity towards them.

20-23: The Canaanites left to prove Israel.

And an angel.

or messenger.

Judg. 6:12• ¹²And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. (Judg. 6:12)

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Judg. 13:3• ³And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou art barren and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive and bear a son. (Judg. 13:3)

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Gen. 16:7‑10,13• ⁷And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
⁸And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, whence comest thou? and whither art thou going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
⁹And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
¹⁰And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
¹³And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the *God who reveals himself, for she said, Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself. (Gen. 16:7‑10,13)

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Gen. 22:11‑12• ¹¹And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Here am I.
¹²And he said, Stretch not out thy hand against the lad, neither do anything to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. (Gen. 22:11‑12)

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Gen. 48:16• ¹⁶the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land! (Gen. 48:16)

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Ex. 3:2‑6• ²And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush: and he looked, and behold, the thorn-bush burned with fire, and the thorn-bush was not being consumed.
³And Moses said, Let me now turn aside and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt.
⁴And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him out of the midst of the thorn-bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I.
⁵And he said, Draw not nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
⁶And he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God. (Ex. 3:2‑6)

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Ex. 14:19• ¹⁹And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them. (Ex. 14:19)

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Ex. 23:20• ²⁰Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared. (Ex. 23:20)

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Ex. 33:14• ¹⁴And he said, My presence shall go, and I will give thee rest. (Ex. 33:14)

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Josh. 5:13‑14• ¹³And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man before him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him, and said to him: Art thou for us, or for our enemies?
¹⁴And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant? (Josh. 5:13‑14)

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Isa. 63:9• ⁹In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:9)

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Hos. 12:3‑5• ³He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
⁴Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
⁵--even Jehovah, the God of hosts,--Jehovah is his memorial. (Hos. 12:3‑5)

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Zech. 3:1‑2• ¹And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
²And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan! Yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee! Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? (Zech. 3:1‑2)

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Mal. 3:1• ¹Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:1)

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Acts 7:30‑33• ³⁰And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
³¹And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of the Lord,
³²*I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider it.
³³And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground. (Acts 7:30‑33)

Bochim.

Judg. 2:5• ⁵And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to Jehovah. (Judg. 2:5)

I made.

Ex. 3:7‑8• ⁷And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.
⁸And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. (Ex. 3:7‑8)

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Ex. 14:14• ¹⁴Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall be still. (Ex. 14:14)

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Ex. 20:2• ²I am Jehovah thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (Ex. 20:2)

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Deut. 4:34• ³⁴Or hath God essayed to come to take him a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? (Deut. 4:34)

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Psa. 78:51‑53• ⁵¹And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.
⁵²And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
⁵³And he led them safely, so that they were without fear; and the sea covered their enemies. (Psa. 78:51‑53)

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Psa. 105:36‑38• ³⁶And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.
³⁷And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.
³⁸Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them. (Psa. 105:36‑38)

have brought.

Gen. 12:7• ⁷And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him. (Gen. 12:7)

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Gen. 22:16‑17• ¹⁶and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
¹⁷I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Gen. 22:16‑17)

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Gen. 26:3‑4• ³Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.
⁴And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves-- (Gen. 26:3‑4)

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Josh. 3:10• ¹⁰And Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living *God is in your midst, and that he will without fail dispossess from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. (Josh. 3:10)

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Psa. 105:44‑45• ⁴⁴And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:
⁴⁵That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah! (Psa. 105:44‑45)

I will never.

Gen. 17:7‑8• ⁷And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
⁸And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them. (Gen. 17:7‑8)

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Lev. 26:42• ⁴²I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. (Lev. 26:42)

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Num. 14:34• ³⁴After the number of the days in which ye have searched out the land, forty days, each day for a year shall ye bear your iniquities forty years, and ye shall know mine estrangement from you. (Num. 14:34)

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Psa. 89:34• ³⁴My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. (Psa. 89:34)

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Jer. 14:21• ²¹For thy name's sake, do not spurn us, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. (Jer. 14:21)

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Jer. 33:20‑21• ²⁰Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant in respect of the day, and my covenant in respect of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,
²¹then shall also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers. (Jer. 33:20‑21)

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Zech. 11:10• ¹⁰And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples. (Zech. 11:10)

• Gilgal, the blessed spot wherein lay the secret of their strength. It was the place of circumcision, that is to say, typically, of the putting off of the flesh....At the cross of Christ, in His death, the flesh was absolutely condemned and made an end of for the believer. At Gilgal, Jehovah had rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off the people. (“Introduction: the Origin and Consequences of Declension: Judges 2:1-5” by H.L. Rossier)

• The Israelites always returned to Gilgal, except in one case (Josh. 7:2) where they were defeated. But Gilgal had been neglected, nay, even forgotten since the days of Joshua. It is thus that hearts become worldly through the absence of daily self-judgment. The angel of Jehovah, the representative of Divine power in the midst of the people, had remained there alone, so to speak with nothing to do, waiting for Israel to return to him; he had waited long, Israel did not return. There was nothing for it, but that the angel should quit this blessed spot and go up to Bochim, the place of tears. (“Introduction: the Origin and Consequences of Declension: Judges 2:1-5” by H.L. Rossier)

• Bochim characterizes the book of Judges, as Gilgal does that of Joshua. Likewise the place of tears characterizes the present period of the church's history. (“Introduction: the Origin and Consequences of Declension: Judges 2:1-5” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you; and as for you,