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Listen to Hebrews 11:29-38, Hebrews 11:29-38
29By an act of faith, Israel walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. The Egyptians tried it and drowned.
30By faith, the Israelites marched around the walls of Jericho for seven days, and the walls fell flat.
31By an act of faith, Rahab, the Jericho harlot, welcomed the spies and escaped the destruction that came on those who refused to trust God.
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32-38I could go on and on, but I’ve run out of time. There are so many more—Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets. . . . Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless—the world didn’t deserve them!—making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world.
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29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(A)
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(B)
31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[a](C)
32And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(D) Barak,(E) Samson(F) and Jephthah,(G) about David(H) and Samuel(I) and the prophets, 33who through faith conquered kingdoms,(J) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(K) 34quenched the fury of the flames,(L) and escaped the edge of the sword;(M) whose weakness was turned to strength;(N) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(O) 35Women received back their dead, raised to life again.(P) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36Some faced jeers and flogging,(Q) and even chains and imprisonment.(R) 37They were put to death by stoning;[b](S) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.(T) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,(U) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves(V) and in holes in the ground.
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Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
- Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;
Cross references
- Hebrews 11:29 : Ex 14:21-31
- Hebrews 11:30 : Jos 6:12-20
- Hebrews 11:31 : Jos 2:1, 9-14; 6:22-25; Jas 2:25
- Hebrews 11:32 : Jdg 6-8
- Hebrews 11:32 : Jdg 4-5
- Hebrews 11:32 : Jdg 13-16
- Hebrews 11:32 : Jdg 11-12
- Hebrews 11:32 : 1Sa 16:1, 13
- Hebrews 11:32 : 1Sa 1:20
- Hebrews 11:33 : 2Sa 8:1-3
- Hebrews 11:33 : Da 6:22
- Hebrews 11:34 : Da 3:19-27
- Hebrews 11:34 : Ex 18:4
- Hebrews 11:34 : 2Ki 20:7
- Hebrews 11:34 : Jdg 15:8
- Hebrews 11:35 : 1Ki 17:22, 23; 2Ki 4:36, 37
- Hebrews 11:36 : Jer 20:2; 37:15
- Hebrews 11:36 : Ge 39:20
- Hebrews 11:37 : 2Ch 24:21
- Hebrews 11:37 : 1Ki 19:10; Jer 26:23
- Hebrews 11:37 : 2Ki 1:8
- Hebrews 11:38 : 1Ki 18:4; 19:9
29By an act of faith, Israel walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. The Egyptians tried it and drowned.
30By faith, the Israelites marched around the walls of Jericho for seven days, and the walls fell flat.
31By an act of faith, Rahab, the Jericho harlot, welcomed the spies and escaped the destruction that came on those who refused to trust God.
* * *
32-38I could go on and on, but I’ve run out of time. There are so many more—Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets. . . . Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless—the world didn’t deserve them!—making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world.
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29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(A)
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(B)
31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[a](C)
32And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(D) Barak,(E) Samson(F) and Jephthah,(G) about David(H) and Samuel(I) and the prophets, 33who through faith conquered kingdoms,(J) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(K) 34quenched the fury of the flames,(L) and escaped the edge of the sword;(M) whose weakness was turned to strength;(N) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(O) 35Women received back their dead, raised to life again.(P) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.
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Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
Cross references
- Hebrews 11:29 : Ex 14:21-31
- Hebrews 11:30 : Jos 6:12-20
- Hebrews 11:31 : Jos 2:1, 9-14; 6:22-25; Jas 2:25
- Hebrews 11:32 : Jdg 6-8
- Hebrews 11:32 : Jdg 4-5
- Hebrews 11:32 : Jdg 13-16
- Hebrews 11:32 : Jdg 11-12
- Hebrews 11:32 : 1Sa 16:1, 13
- Hebrews 11:32 : 1Sa 1:20
- Hebrews 11:33 : 2Sa 8:1-3
- Hebrews 11:33 : Da 6:22
- Hebrews 11:34 : Da 3:19-27
- Hebrews 11:34 : Ex 18:4
- Hebrews 11:34 : 2Ki 20:7
- Hebrews 11:34 : Jdg 15:8
- Hebrews 11:35 : 1Ki 17:22, 23; 2Ki 4:36, 37
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