Judges 2:1-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

Religious Conditions During the Time of the Judges

2 The Angel of the Lord^[a] went up from Gilgal to Bokim, and he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt, and I brought you to the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ‘I will not break my covenant with you, forever. ² As for you, do not make a covenant with the people living in this land. You must tear down their altars.’ But you did not listen to my voice. What is this you have done? ³ So I say, ‘I will not drive them out before you, but they will be traps for you, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”

⁴ When the Angel of the Lord spoke these things to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept loudly. ⁵ They named that place Bokim,^[b] and they sacrificed to the Lord there.