Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?

He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors.

Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers,

Also you must offer fellowship offerings and eat them there, rejoicing before the Lord your God.

‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

The Lord will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.

Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.

Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. Then I brought you out.

Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.

a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.

When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.

Samson said to them, “Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.”

So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated.”

The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.

Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.

Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.