But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

“‘Then he must take up all the fat from the sin offering bull: the fat covering the entrails and all the fat surrounding the entrails,

“When he has finished purifying the holy place, the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat.

but if only a few years remain until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption.

In the jubilee year the field will return to the one from whom he bought it, the one to whom it belongs as landed property.

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the Lord, and that person is found guilty,

You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress – as the Lord your God has blessed you, you must give to them.

Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.

O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.

Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.

God will severely punish David, if I leave alive until morning even one male from all those who belong to him!”

I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.”

She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”

All these gold and silver vessels totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all along when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem? A person’s wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance.

Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city.

For the fortress is neglected; the once-crowded city is abandoned. Hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited. Wild donkeys love to go there, and flocks graze there.