“The Levites will call out to every Israelite with a loud voice:

This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:

When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.

He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

The Lord said to him, “Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”

They stood in order all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away.

Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.

Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, “When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.”

They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

Samson then said, “With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!”

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.

So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.

Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.

When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.

The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,