The period of twelve tribal leaders before Israel selects Saul as king.
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Judges
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the nation of israel and then we enter the period called Judges and these are 12 individuals who become the tribal leaders of Israel..."
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The judges are interpreted as local heroes who bring other tribes into the Bible's cosmology by giving each group an ancestor or deity inside Israel's story.
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"...the nation of israel and then we enter the period called Judges and these are 12 individuals who become the tribal leaders of Israel..."
"...to these Egyptian priests. Okay? Does that make sense? Okay? The judges. What we believe is the judges are these local heroes that bring..."
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