Judges Chapter 17 Contemporary English Audio Drama (CEV)

⌚Verse Time Stamps⌚ [COMING SOON] Judges Chapter 17 Summary: Micah set up a shrine. There was no king so everyone did what was right in their own eyes. Micah appointed a Levite as his priest. 📘 Contemporary English Version (CEV) ABOUT THIS BOOK The book of Judges tells how the Israelites kept rejecting the Lord and worshiping idols. Each time they did this, the Lord punished them by letting other nations attack and defeat them. As a result, the Israelites turned back to the Lord and asked for his help, and he sent a special leader called a “judge,” who helped them defeat their enemies. A time of peace followed, and the Israelites were faithful to the Lord for as long as the judge lived. But then they again rejected the Lord. All these things happened time after time. Some judges may have led the entire nation, but usually a judge led a few tribes at the most. Israel at this time was a loosely-bound group of tribes, and the Israelites did not think of themselves as being a single, united country. They did not yet have a king, and so during this time “everyone did what they thought was right” (21.25). But the people had to learn that they were to worship only the Lord, and when they were unfaithful, the Lord punished them.