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Jud 2:1 Strong Concordance And an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] came up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] to Bochim [01066], and said [0559], I made you to go up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], and have brought [0935] you unto the land [0776] which I sware [07650] unto your fathers [01]; and I said [0559], I will never [05769] break [06565] my covenant [01285] with you.
  King James And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
AN ANGEL SENT TO REBUKE THE PEOPLE AT BOCHIM. (Jdg 2:1-10)

an angel . . . came from Gilgal to Bochim--We are inclined to think, from the authoritative tone of his language, that he was the Angel of the Covenant (Exo 23:20; Jos 5:14); the same who appeared in human form and announced himself captain of the Lord's host. His coming from Gilgal had a peculiar significance, for there the Israelites made a solemn dedication of themselves to God on their entrance into the promised land [Jos 4:1-9]; and the memory of that religious engagement, which the angel's arrival from Gilgal awakened, gave emphatic force to his rebuke of their apostasy.

Bochim--"the weepers," was a name bestowed evidently in allusion to this incident or the place, which was at or near Shiloh.

I said, I will never break my covenant with you . . . but ye have not obeyed my voice--The burden of the angel's remonstrance was that God would inviolably keep His promise; but they, by their flagrant and repeated breaches of their covenant with Him, had forfeited all claim to the stipulated benefits. Having disobeyed the will of God by voluntarily courting the society of idolaters and placing themselves in the way of temptation, He left them to suffer the punishment of their misdeeds.
 
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1 And it came to pass, when all the people [01471] were clean [08552] passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], that the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Joshua [03091], saying [0559],
2 Take [03947] you twelve [08147] [06240] men [0582] out of the people [05971], out of every [0259] tribe [07626] a man [0376],
3 And command [06680] ye them, saying [0559], Take [05375] you hence out of the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], out of the place where the priests [03548]' feet [07272] stood [04673] firm [03559], twelve [08147] [06240] stones [068], and ye shall carry them over [05674] with you, and leave [03240] them in the lodging place [04411], where ye shall lodge [03885] this night [03915].
4 Then Joshua [03091] called [07121] the twelve [08147] [06240] men [0376], whom he had prepared [03559] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], out of every [0259] tribe [07626] a man [0376]:
5 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto them, Pass over [05674] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430] into the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], and take ye up [07311] every [0259] man [0376] of you a stone [068] upon his shoulder [07926], according unto the number [04557] of the tribes [07626] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:
6 That this may be a sign [0226] among [07130] you, that when your children [01121] ask [07592] their fathers in time to come [04279], saying [0559], What mean ye by these stones [068]?
7 Then ye shall answer [0559] them, That the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] were cut off [03772] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068]; when it passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], the waters [04325] of Jordan [03383] were cut off [03772]: and these stones [068] shall be for a memorial [02146] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] for [05704] ever [05769].
8 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] so as Joshua [03091] commanded [06680], and took up [05375] twelve [08147] [06240] stones [068] out of the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], as the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Joshua [03091], according to the number [04557] of the tribes [07626] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and carried them over [05674] with them unto the place where they lodged [04411], and laid them down [03240] there.
9 And Joshua [03091] set up [06965] twelve [08147] [06240] stones [068] in the midst [08432] of Jordan [03383], in the place where the feet [07272] of the priests [03548] which bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] stood [04673]: and they are there unto this day [03117].
14 And he said [0559], Nay; but as captain [08269] of the host [06635] of the LORD [03068] am I now come [0935]. And Joshua [03091] fell [05307] on his face [06440] to the earth [0776], and did worship [07812], and said [0559] unto him, What saith [01696] my lord [0113] unto his servant [05650]?
20 Behold, I send [07971] an Angel [04397] before [06440] thee, to keep [08104] thee in the way [01870], and to bring [0935] thee into the place [04725] which I have prepared [03559].
1 And an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] came up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] to Bochim [01066], and said [0559], I made you to go up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], and have brought [0935] you unto the land [0776] which I sware [07650] unto your fathers [01]; and I said [0559], I will never [05769] break [06565] my covenant [01285] with you.
2 And ye shall make [03772] no league [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of this land [0776]; ye shall throw down [05422] their altars [04196]: but ye have not obeyed [08085] my voice [06963]: why have ye done [06213] this?
3 Wherefore I also said [0559], I will not drive them out [01644] from before [06440] you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides [06654], and their gods [0430] shall be a snare [04170] unto you.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] spake [01696] these words [01697] unto all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that the people [05971] lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and wept [01058].
5 And they called [07121] the name [08034] of that place [04725] Bochim [01066]: and they sacrificed [02076] there unto the LORD [03068].
6 And when Joshua [03091] had let the people [05971] go [07971], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went [03212] every man [0376] unto his inheritance [05159] to possess [03423] the land [0776].
7 And the people [05971] served [05647] the LORD [03068] all the days [03117] of Joshua [03091], and all the days [03117] of the elders [02205] that outlived [0748] [03117] [0310] Joshua [03091], who had seen [07200] all the great [01419] works [04639] of the LORD [03068], that he did [06213] for Israel [03478].
8 And Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068], died [04191], being an hundred [03967] and ten [06235] years [08141] old [01121].
9 And they buried [06912] him in the border [01366] of his inheritance [05159] in Timnathheres [08556], in the mount [02022] of Ephraim [0669], on the north side [06828] of the hill [02022] Gaash [01608].
10 And also all that generation [01755] were gathered [0622] unto their fathers [01]: and there arose [06965] another [0312] generation [01755] after [0310] them, which knew [03045] not the LORD [03068], nor yet the works [04639] which he had done [06213] for Israel [03478].
1 And the lot [01486] of the children [01121] of Joseph [03130] fell [03318] from Jordan [03383] by Jericho [03405], unto the water [04325] of Jericho [03405] on the east [04217], to the wilderness [04057] that goeth up [05927] from Jericho [03405] throughout mount [02022] Bethel [01008],
2 And goeth out [03318] from Bethel [01008] to Luz [03870], and passeth along [05674] unto the borders [01366] of Archi [0757] to Ataroth [05852],
3 And goeth down [03381] westward [03220] to the coast [01366] of Japhleti [03311], unto the coast [01366] of Bethhoron [01032] the nether [08481], and to Gezer [01507]: and the goings out [08444] thereof are at the sea [03220].
4 So the children [01121] of Joseph [03130], Manasseh [04519] and Ephraim [0669], took their inheritance [05157].
5 And the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669] according to their families [04940] was thus: even the border [01366] of their inheritance [05159] on the east side [04217] was Atarothaddar [05853], unto Bethhoron [01032] the upper [05945];
6 And the border [01366] went out [03318] toward the sea [03220] to Michmethah [04366] on the north side [06828]; and the border [01366] went about [05437] eastward [04217] unto Taanathshiloh [08387], and passed [05674] by it on the east [04217] to Janohah [03239];
7 And it went down [03381] from Janohah [03239] to Ataroth [05852], and to Naarath [05292], and came [06293] to Jericho [03405], and went out [03318] at Jordan [03383].
8 The border [01366] went out [03212] from Tappuah [08599] westward [03220] unto the river [05158] Kanah [07071]; and the goings out [08444] thereof were at the sea [03220]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669] by their families [04940].
9 And the separate [03995] cities [05892] for the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669] were among [08432] the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Manasseh [04519], all the cities [05892] with their villages [02691].
10 And they drave not out [03423] the Canaanites [03669] that dwelt [03427] in Gezer [01507]: but the Canaanites [03669] dwell [03427] among [07130] the Ephraimites [0669] unto this day [03117], and serve [05647] under tribute [04522].
30 Neither did Zebulun [02074] drive out [03423] the inhabitants [03427] of Kitron [07003], nor the inhabitants [03427] of Nahalol [05096]; but the Canaanites [03669] dwelt [03427] among [07130] them, and became tributaries [04522].
31 Neither did Asher [0836] drive out [03423] the inhabitants [03427] of Accho [05910], nor the inhabitants [03427] of Zidon [06721], nor of Ahlab [0303], nor of Achzib [0392], nor of Helbah [02462], nor of Aphik [0663], nor of Rehob [07340]:
32 But the Asherites [0843] dwelt [03427] among [07130] the Canaanites [03669], the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776]: for they did not drive them out [03423].
33 Neither did Naphtali [05321] drive out [03423] the inhabitants [03427] of Bethshemesh [01053], nor the inhabitants [03427] of Bethanath [01043]; but he dwelt [03427] among [07130] the Canaanites [03669], the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776]: nevertheless the inhabitants [03427] of Bethshemesh [01053] and of Bethanath [01043] became tributaries [04522] unto them.
34 And the Amorites [0567] forced [03905] the children [01121] of Dan [01835] into the mountain [02022]: for they would not suffer [05414] them to come down [03381] to the valley [06010]:
35 But the Amorites [0567] would [02974] dwell [03427] in mount [02022] Heres [02776] in Aijalon [0357], and in Shaalbim [08169]: yet the hand [03027] of the house [01004] of Joseph [03130] prevailed [03513], so that they became tributaries [04522].
36 And the coast [01366] of the Amorites [0567] was from the going up [04608] to Akrabbim [04610], from the rock [05553], and upward [04605].
10 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] encamped [02583] in Gilgal [01537], and kept [06213] the passover [06453] on the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day [03117] of the month [02320] at even [06153] in the plains [06160] of Jericho [03405].
11 And they did eat [0398] of the old corn [05669] of the land [0776] on the morrow [04283] after the passover [06453], unleavened cakes [04682], and parched [07033] corn in the selfsame [06106] day [03117].
12 And the manna [04478] ceased [07673] on the morrow [04283] after they had eaten [0398] of the old corn [05669] of the land [0776]; neither had the children [01121] of Israel [03478] manna [04478] any more; but they did eat [0398] of the fruit [08393] of the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] that year [08141].
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua [03091] was by Jericho [03405], that he lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869] and looked [07200], and, behold, there stood [05975] a man [0376] over against him with his sword [02719] drawn [08025] in his hand [03027]: and Joshua [03091] went [03212] unto him, and said [0559] unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries [06862]?
14 And he said [0559], Nay; but as captain [08269] of the host [06635] of the LORD [03068] am I now come [0935]. And Joshua [03091] fell [05307] on his face [06440] to the earth [0776], and did worship [07812], and said [0559] unto him, What saith [01696] my lord [0113] unto his servant [05650]?
15 And the captain [08269] of the LORD'S [03068] host [06635] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], Loose [05394] thy shoe [05275] from off thy foot [07272]; for the place [04725] whereon thou standest [05975] is holy [06944]. And Joshua [03091] did [06213] so.
1 And the LORD [03068] said [01696] unto Moses [04872], Depart [03212], and go up [05927] hence, thou and the people [05971] which thou hast brought up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], unto the land [0776] which I sware [07650] unto Abraham [085], to Isaac [03327], and to Jacob [03290], saying [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] will I give [05414] it:
2 And I will send [07971] an angel [04397] before [06440] thee; and I will drive out [01644] the Canaanite [03669], the Amorite [0567], and the Hittite [02850], and the Perizzite [06522], the Hivite [02340], and the Jebusite [02983]:
3 Unto a land [0776] flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706]: for I will not go up [05927] in the midst [07130] of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked [07186] [06203] people [05971]: lest I consume [03615] thee in the way [01870].
4 And when the people [05971] heard [08085] these evil [07451] tidings [01697], they mourned [056]: and no man [0376] did put [07896] on him his ornaments [05716].
20 Behold, I send [07971] an Angel [04397] before [06440] thee, to keep [08104] thee in the way [01870], and to bring [0935] thee into the place [04725] which I have prepared [03559].
21 Beware [08104] of [06440] him, and obey [08085] his voice [06963], provoke [04843] him not; for he will not pardon [05375] your transgressions [06588]: for my name [08034] is in him [07130].
22 But if thou shalt indeed [08085] obey [08085] his voice [06963], and do [06213] all that I speak [01696]; then I will be an enemy [0340] unto thine enemies [0341], and an adversary [06887] unto thine adversaries [06696].
23 For mine Angel [04397] shall go [03212] before [06440] thee, and bring [0935] thee in unto the Amorites [0567], and the Hittites [02850], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Canaanites [03669], the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983]: and I will cut them off [03582].
19 And the people [05971] came up [05927] out of Jordan [03383] on the tenth [06218] day of the first [07223] month [02320], and encamped [02583] in Gilgal [01537], in the east [04217] border [07097] of Jericho [03405].
2 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Your fathers [01] dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104] in old time [05769], even Terah [08646], the father [01] of Abraham [085], and the father [01] of Nachor [05152]: and they served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].
8 That the LORD [03068] sent [07971] a prophet [0376] [05030] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I brought you up [05927] from Egypt [04714], and brought you forth [03318] out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650];
7 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto Abram [087], and said [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] will I give [05414] this [02063] land [0776]: and there builded [01129] he an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], who appeared [07200] unto him.
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey [08085] my voice [06963] indeed [08085], and keep [08104] my covenant [01285], then ye shall be a peculiar treasure [05459] unto me above all people [05971]: for all the earth [0776] is mine:
5 But thus shall ye deal [06213] with them; ye shall destroy [05422] their altars [04196], and break down [07665] their images [04676], and cut down [01438] their groves [0842], and burn [08313] their graven images [06456] with fire [0784].
13 But ye shall destroy [05422] their altars [04196], break [07665] their images [04676], and cut down [03772] their groves [0842]:
12 Else if ye do in any wise [07725] go back [07725], and cleave [01692] unto the remnant [03499] of these nations [01471], even these that remain [07604] among you, and shall make marriages [02859] with them, and go in [0935] unto them, and they to you:
2 And when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall deliver [05414] them before [06440] thee; thou shalt smite [05221] them, and utterly [02763] destroy [02763] them; thou shalt make [03772] no covenant [01285] with them, nor shew mercy [02603] unto them:
15 Lest thou make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], and they go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their gods [0430], and do sacrifice [02076] unto their gods [0430], and one call [07121] thee, and thou eat [0398] of his sacrifice [02077];
16 And thou take [03947] of their daughters [01323] unto thy sons [01121], and their daughters [01323] go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their gods [0430], and make [02181] thy sons [01121] go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their gods [0430].
12 Take heed [08104] to thyself, lest thou make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935], lest it be for a snare [04170] in the midst [07130] of thee:
13 But ye shall destroy [05422] their altars [04196], break [07665] their images [04676], and cut down [03772] their groves [0842]:
32 Thou shalt make [03772] no covenant [01285] with them, nor with their gods [0430].
33 They shall not dwell [03427] in thy land [0776], lest they make thee sin [02398] against me: for if thou serve [05647] their gods [0430], it will surely be a snare [04170] unto thee.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey [08085] my voice [06963] indeed [08085], and keep [08104] my covenant [01285], then ye shall be a peculiar treasure [05459] unto me above all people [05971]: for all the earth [0776] is mine:
8 That the LORD [03068] sent [07971] a prophet [0376] [05030] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I brought you up [05927] from Egypt [04714], and brought you forth [03318] out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650];
2 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], See [07200], I have given [05414] into thine hand [03027] Jericho [03405], and the king [04428] thereof, and the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428].
14 And he said [0559], Nay; but as captain [08269] of the host [06635] of the LORD [03068] am I now come [0935]. And Joshua [03091] fell [05307] on his face [06440] to the earth [0776], and did worship [07812], and said [0559] unto him, What saith [01696] my lord [0113] unto his servant [05650]?
1 And it came to pass, when all the people [01471] were clean [08552] passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], that the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Joshua [03091], saying [0559],
8 But Deborah [01683] Rebekah's [07259] nurse [03243] died [04191], and she was buried [06912] beneath Bethel [01008] under an oak [0437]: and the name [08034] of it was called [07121] Allonbachuth [0439].
23 And when David [01732] enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068], he said [0559], Thou shalt not go up [05927]; but fetch a compass [05437] behind [0310] them, and come [0935] upon them over against [04136] the mulberry trees [01057].
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua [03091] was by Jericho [03405], that he lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869] and looked [07200], and, behold, there stood [05975] a man [0376] over against him with his sword [02719] drawn [08025] in his hand [03027]: and Joshua [03091] went [03212] unto him, and said [0559] unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries [06862]?
10 And Joshua [03091] cast [07993] lots [01486] for them in Shiloh [07887] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and there Joshua [03091] divided [02505] the land [0776] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] according to their divisions [04256].
1 And the whole congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] assembled together [06950] at Shiloh [07887], and set up [07931] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] there. And the land [0776] was subdued [03533] before [06440] them.
34 And afterward [0310] he read [07121] all the words [01697] of the law [08451], the blessings [01293] and cursings [07045], according to all that is written [03789] in the book [05612] of the law [08451].
11 And there came [0935] an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], and sat [03427] under an oak [0424] which was in Ophrah [06084], that pertained unto Joash [03101] the Abiezrite [033]: and his son [01121] Gideon [01439] threshed [02251] wheat [02406] by the winepress [01660], to hide [05127] it from [06440] the Midianites [04080].
1 And Joshua [03091] gathered [0622] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to Shechem [07927], and called [07121] for the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860]; and they presented [03320] themselves before [06440] God [0430].
2 And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Your fathers [01] dwelt [03427] on the other side [05676] of the flood [05104] in old time [05769], even Terah [08646], the father [01] of Abraham [085], and the father [01] of Nachor [05152]: and they served [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].
8 That the LORD [03068] sent [07971] a prophet [0376] [05030] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I brought you up [05927] from Egypt [04714], and brought you forth [03318] out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650];
1 Behold, I will send [07971] my messenger [04397], and he shall prepare [06437] the way [01870] before [06440] me: and the Lord [0113], whom ye seek [01245], shall suddenly [06597] come [0935] to his temple [01964], even the messenger [04397] of the covenant [01285], whom ye delight [02655] in: behold, he shall come [0935], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
13 Then spake [0559] Haggai [02292] the LORD'S [03068] messenger [04397] in the LORD'S [03068] message [04400] unto the people [05971], saying [0559], I am with you, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
1 And, behold, there came [0935] a man [0376] of God [0430] out of Judah [03063] by the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] unto Bethel [01008]: and Jeroboam [03379] stood [05975] by the altar [04196] to burn incense [06999].
22 But the word [01697] of God [0430] came unto Shemaiah [08098] the man [0376] of God [0430], saying [0559],
8 That the LORD [03068] sent [07971] a prophet [0376] [05030] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I brought you up [05927] from Egypt [04714], and brought you forth [03318] out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650];
1 And an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] came up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] to Bochim [01066], and said [0559], I made you to go up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], and have brought [0935] you unto the land [0776] which I sware [07650] unto your fathers [01]; and I said [0559], I will never [05769] break [06565] my covenant [01285] with you.
14 Out of Ephraim [0669] was there a root [08328] of them against Amalek [06002]; after [0310] thee, Benjamin [01144], among thy people [05971]; out of Machir [04353] came down [03381] governors [02710], and out of Zebulun [02074] they that handle [04900] the pen [07626] of the writer [05608].