And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, “Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

“Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. It will remain there as a witness against you,

But the woman hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.

They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the Lord.

He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched.

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them.

Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s shrine.

Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon’s belly.

They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor!

Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder.

God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed.

He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then “threshed” the men of Succoth with them.

he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.

When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord. The Lord’s messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.