From him will come the cornerstone, the wall peg, the battle bow, and every ruler.

Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.

They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple.

From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off –

Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep – from every kind of animal – and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.”

Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

The Lord did as Moses asked – the frogs died out of the houses, the villages, and the fields.

“‘If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering – from the sheep or the goats – he must present a flawless male,

“‘If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering from the birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.

The Lord said to the Israelites, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning.

As for the fat parts from the ox and from the ram (the fatty tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the protruding lobe of the liver),

“He will then make one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means,

Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

And your raised offering will be credited to you as though it were grain from the threshing floor or as new wine from the winepress.

Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.

He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.”