{"podcast":{"title":"Commuter Bible OT","slug":"commuter-bible-ot-2653726","podcast_index_feed_id":2653726,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/3cfqu7SJ","website_url":"http://www.commuterbible.org","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6e5e603b-4032-42ff-ba6a-b4efd0ca4dcf/cd3cd55a-d9a6-416b-ba61-e28973f7dbac/3000x3000/cbp20248.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"John Ross","episode_count":600,"summary":"Commuter Bible OT is a work-week audio Bible reading plan to match your weekly schedule. In five days a week, Monday-Friday, you can listen to the entire Old Testament over the course of a year. We even break on holidays! Presented chronologically, this podcast presents the Old Testament's contents in the order in which they occurred. Subscribe today and get more of God's Word in your daily life. Part of the Commuter Bible family of podcasts, using the Christian Standard Bible translation (CSB). Learn more at www.commuterbible.org","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T10:17:35.286102+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726"},"episode":{"title":"Judges 5-7","slug":"judges-5-7","published_at":"2026-05-01T04:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/judges-5-7","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726","url":"http://www.commuterbible.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/c95cb48f-95db-400b-ad13-0de3247674d2/32c2ceb1-1473-4674-bc63-45a6a19251a0/episodes/audio/group/48571ba4-9918-4e19-8bfa-f568c00375eb/group-item/5c43bf09-8d99-466f-948b-47d621438813/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=3cfqu7SJ","summary":"Our reading today begins by wrapping up the account of Deborah and Barak after Sisera’s defeat. It’s not long, however, before Israel turns, once again, to worship idols. The false gods of Baal and Asherah were meant to bring fertile crops and prosperity, but they only bring despair and a fractured relationship with the One True God. During a period of oppression by the Midianites, the Lord speaks to a young man named Gideon and calls upon him to destroy his father’s idolatrous altars. Later, the spirit of the Lord envelops Gideon as he gathers troops for battle. The Lord then reduces the number of men who will go to battle to just 300 so that Israel will not forget the power of God and His merciful deliverance.","meta_description":"Our reading today begins by wrapping up the account of Deborah and Barak after Sisera’s defeat. It’s not long, however, before Israel turns, once again, t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1413,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/episodes/judges-5-7/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/judges-5-7.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}