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Teacher guide

Prepare a complete 45-minute session for every passage unit.

Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.

A complete 45-minute teaching path

The lesson is free, printable, and usable without an account. Adjust vocabulary for your group, but keep the passage boundaries and evidence visible.

A complete 45-minute teaching path

5 min

Orient the group

Name the book, passage boundary, setting, and the question this unit will explore. Allow learners to pass on personal sharing.

10 min

Read the text

Read the assigned passage aloud or silently. Mark speakers, repeated words, commands, contrasts, promises, and changes.

10 min

Explain from the evidence

Walk through the observations on this page. Connect every conclusion to a verse and label interpretive judgments honestly.

15 min

Discuss and apply

Use the discussion questions. Move from what the passage says to responsible application without forcing disclosure.

5 min

Summarize and pray

Ask for one sentence that captures the passage. Close with a prayer shaped by its words and concerns.

All study units

Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.

Passage study 01 · Judges 1:1–3:6

Israel’s incomplete obedience, neighboring peoples remaining in the land, and a new generation turning to other gods

Open study →Passage study 02 · Judges 3:7–31

Othniel’s deliverance, Ehud approaching Eglon, and Shamgar defending Israel

Open study →Passage study 03 · Judges 4:1–24

Deborah judging beneath the palm, Barak gathering troops, and Jael’s tent before Sisera’s death

Open study →Passage study 04 · Judges 5:1–31

Deborah and Barak leading the victory song before the gathered people

Open study →Passage study 05 · Judges 6:1–40

Gideon threshing in the winepress, tearing down Baal’s altar, and laying out the fleece

Open study →Passage study 06 · Judges 7:1–25

Gideon’s three hundred surrounding the camp with jars, torches, and trumpets

Open study →Passage study 07 · Judges 8:1–9:57

Gideon’s later failures, the ephod becoming a snare, and Abimelech’s violent rise

Open study →Passage study 08 · Judges 10:1–12:15

Jephthah negotiating with the elders, making his vow, and returning to meet his daughter

Open study →Passage study 09 · Judges 13:1–25

Manoah and his wife receiving the promise of Samson’s birth

Open study →Passage study 10 · Judges 14:1–16:3

Samson at the vineyard, the lion encounter, the wedding riddle, and the city gates carried away

Open study →Passage study 11 · Judges 16:4–31

Delilah arranging Samson’s hair to be cut, Samson blinded in prison, and his final position between the pillars

Open study →Passage study 12 · Judges 17:1–18:31

Micah’s household shrine and the Danites carrying away the idol and priest

Open study →Passage study 13 · Judges 19:1–21:25

The road to Gibeah, the tribes assembling in grief and anger, civil war, and the sorrowful aftermath

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