Judges 18:10 Meaning and Explanation
“When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The scouts promise an easy victory over a secure people, claiming God has given the spacious, abundant land into their hands.
What Does Judges 18:10 Mean?
The scouts crown their report by claiming that God Himself has handed this large and bountiful land into Dan's grasp, a place lacking nothing the earth provides. They borrow the very language of God's promises to Israel and apply it to their own plan.
To invoke the divine name over an enterprise He never authorized is a sobering misuse of holy words. The men dress ambition in the language of providence. Scripture warns against claiming God's blessing on what we have already decided to do, and calls the reader to test every confident 'God has given' against whether the thing itself is truly His will.
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What does Judges 18:10 mean?
The scouts promise an easy victory over a secure people, claiming God has given the spacious, abundant land into their hands.