Cross References

- Advertisements -




Judges 3:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and brought the tribute to King Eglon of Moab, who was an extremely fat man.

See the chapter Copy

10 Cross References  

‘ “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.


Because you rejoice, because you celebrate – you who plundered my inheritance – because you frolic like a young cow treading grain and neigh like stallions,


They have become fat  and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.


Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with it,


Why, then, do all of you despise my sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship?  You have honoured your sons more than me,  by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of my people Israel.”


At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all stout and able-bodied men. Not one of them escaped.


Ehud made himself a double-edged sword forty-five centimetres long.  He strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes


When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he dismissed the people who had carried it.





Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements