The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,

The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.

The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”

Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath.

the territory of Byblos and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace.

The king asked them, “Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”

When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it.

Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

“Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything.

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

“Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.