The leaders offered gifts for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed. And the leaders presented their offering before the altar.

For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand.

Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.

There must not be a scrap of yeast within your land for seven days, nor can any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the next morning.

But I will certainly hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they will have done by turning to other gods.

That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses.

They marched around the city one time on the second day, then returned to the camp. They did this six days in all.

Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai.

This bread of ours was warm when we packed it in our homes the day we started out to meet you, but now it is dry and hard.

So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)

Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.

That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub-Baal, because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”

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

On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have a bite to eat for some energy, then you can go.”

He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. Wait until later in the day to leave!” So they ate a meal together.

The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day.

The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.