the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”

Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.

When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company.

The Lord’s messenger appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!”

When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.

Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”

Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.

When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep.

When Gideon realized that it was the Lord’s messenger, he said, “Oh no! Master, Lord! I have seen the Lord’s messenger face to face!”

Gaal saw the men and said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadows on the hills – it just looks like men.”

Everyone who saw the sight said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since the Israelites left the land of Egypt! Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.

When Ehud had left, Eglon’s servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself in the well-ventilated inner room.”

God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.

He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.

The Lord’s angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.

The woman ran at once and told her husband, “Come quickly, the man who visited me the other day has appeared to me!”

Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord. The Lord’s messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.

As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord’s messenger went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground.