1. How does God come alongside the northern tribes of Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali despite their failure to route out the other nations living among them?
2. How do you see God's compassion extended to Gideon?
3. How does God remind the Israelites that the power to defeat their enemies comes from God, not their own power?
4. How do you see human nature continue to contend with God's purposes for his people?
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Once again God works through the weakness, not the strength of the people--he had to a lot of convincing of Gideon to make him a reluctant leader, though in the end, Gideon did well. But again, the next generation falls apart. Lots of selfish decision-making rather than wise leadership is apparent among other people, as shown by leadership, following, serving, number of wives, rivalry between tribes, etc.
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