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Shaphatiym 10

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10:1

The Minor Judges and the Great Apostasy

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Yashar'al Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Yassakar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Aphrayiym.
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And he judged Yashar'al twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
10:3

The Administration of Yair

And after him arose Yair, a Gileadite, and judged Yashar'al twenty and two years.
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And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-yair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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And Yair died, and was buried in Kamon.
10:6

The Sevenfold Breach of the Matrix

And the children of Yashar'al did evil again in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the lo alahiym of Aram, and the lo alahiym of Zidon, and the lo alahiym of Moab, and the lo alahiym of the children of Ammon, and the lo alahiym of the Philistines, and forsook 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and served not him.
10:7

The Furnace of Oppression

And the anger of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was hot against Yashar'al, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
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And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Yashar'al: eighteen years, all the children of Yashar'al that were on the other side Yardan in the land of the Emorites, which is in Gilead.
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Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Yardan to fight also against Yahudah, and against Binyamiyn, and against the house of Aphrayiym; so that Yashar'al was sore distressed.
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The Cry of the Remnant

And the children of Yashar'al cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, saying, "We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our Alahiym, and also served Baalim."
10:11

The Divine Rejection

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said unto the children of Yashar'al, "Did not I deliver you from the Mitzrites, and from the Emorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?"
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"The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand."
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"Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other lo alahiym: wherefore I will deliver you no more."
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"Go and cry unto the lo alahiym which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation."
10:15

The True Teshubah (Repentance)

And the children of Yashar'al said unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, "We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day."
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And they put away the strange lo alahiym from among them, and served 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Yashar'al.
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The Staging for War

Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Yashar'al assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
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And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, "What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."