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The LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
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Verse 16. Them, for any long time. Their inconstancy was astonishing. Bible.—These judges raised up by God, or chose by the people under his direction, often rescued Israel from servitude; and during the remainder of their lives, watched to see the laws put in execution, being assisted by the counsels of the senators ( Menochius.) and magistrates of the nation. Bible.—They were commissioned to rescue the penitent and suffering Israelites. Worthington.
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