At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.

your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.

When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the Lord your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure.

Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you left Egypt.

You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your way from Egypt,

Therefore the Lord brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.

“You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.

The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth.

From there it crossed eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin and extended to Rimmon, turning toward Neah.

Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.

The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles.”

So they went up to the town. As they were heading for the middle of the town, Samuel was coming in their direction to go up to the high place.

The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish.”

Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.

Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.