He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required;

They returned from investigating the land after forty days.

When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species,

the stork, the heron after its species, the hoopoe, the bat,

So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites,

For the Lord’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.

So Joshua instructed the priests, “Come up from the Jordan!”

Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.

The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.

So they commanded the Benjaminites, “Go hide in the vineyards,

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s lifetime.

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.

His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.