Judges 21:17
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.”
שֵׁבֶט
The shepherd's rod was not for the sheep — it was for predators. The staff was for guiding and steadying the sheep on narrow paths. David walks through the valley of the shadow of death and takes comfort not in the absence of danger, but in the presence of the shepherd's tools. God is equipped for what lies ahead of you.
מָחָה
it will be wiped out
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מָחָה
To wipe away, to blot out, to erase. Machah. I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud. God does not just cover sin. He erases it completely.
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יְרֻשָּׁה
a possession of
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יְרֻשָּׁה
something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony
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פְּלֵיטָה
the escaped remnant
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פְּלֵיטָה
deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
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