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The Use of Narrative Verb Forms and Sequential Action in Judges 2:1

וַיַּ֧עַל מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָ֛ה מִן־הַגִּלְגָּ֖ל אֶל־הַבֹּכִ֑ים פ וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אַעֲלֶ֨ה אֶתְכֶ֜ם מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם וָאָבִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי֙ לַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וָאֹמַ֕ר לֹֽא־אָפֵ֧ר בְּרִיתִ֛י אִתְּכֶ֖ם לְעֹולָֽם׃ (Judges 2:1) And the angel of YHWH went up from the Gilgal to the Bokhim, and he said, “I brought you up from Mitsrayim and brought you into the land which I swore to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you forever. Judges 2:1 introduces a divine proclamation by מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָה (Mal’akh YHWH, “the Angel of the LORD”).… Learn Hebrew
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