Joshua left those nations to test Israel. I wanted to see whether or not the people would carefully walk in the path marked out by the Lord, as their ancestors were careful to do.”

Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.

The Lord’s messenger told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.

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.”

Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying.

She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”