His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.

You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

You are to put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and you are to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

“‘If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering from the birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.

All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered according to their families.

“Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.

All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. They must go into the Lord’s treasury.”

They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses.

The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.

The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

God answered Manoah’s prayer. God’s angelic messenger visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!”

When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

“May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.

Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to his son, named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him in Pharaoh’s palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s sons.

The Lord provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. The Israelites once more lived in security.

He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.

When they first moved in, they did not worship the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”

From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.