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| The Hebrew word "shofet" translates to the English word _____. | Judges |
| The Israelite judges were actually temporary _____ leaders. | Military |
| The responsibilities of the judges included: _____. | Military leadership, Settling political disputes within their own tribe and between tribes, Reminding the people to turn to God. |
| The judges filled the gap in leadership between the time of Joshua (c. 1200) and the beginning of the _____ (c. 1030). | Monarchy |
| One well known judge, _____, was a woman who successfully called a war in which Israel was victorious over the Canaanites. | Deborah |
| One well known judge helped the Israelites defeat the Midianites, though later he was drawn away from Osrael. | Gideon |
| One well known judge was _____, who, though wise, let his love for Delilah affect his judgment. | Samson |
| What made Delilah unsuitable for Samson was that she was a _____, a non-Jew. | Philistine |
| _____ stories occur in the bible when the person is to play a significant role in the history of Israel | Birth |
| At _____ (name) birth his mother had him take a Nazarite vow. | Samson |
| The legend surrounding Samson is that his strength came from his _____. | Hair |
| Because Samson was unfaithful to his fiance, he lost his personal strength; this is a metaphor for Israel losing personal strenth when unfaithful to _____. | God |
| The biblical book _____ tells the story of a foreign woman who, upon hearing of her Israelite's husband's death, travels to the land of his ancestors in order to marry his nearest male relative and thus have an heir. | Ruth |
