except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.’

The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God will personally fight for you.”

You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year.

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

There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.

and he displayed great power and awesome might in view of all Israel.

Achan told Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way:

The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, along with the others.

When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.

But he would give a double portion to Hannah, because he especially loved her. Now the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.

All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

So the men did as instructed. They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls.

He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants.

So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened.