then whoever owns the house must come and declare to the priest, ‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’

“‘Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst.

If, however, he is not redeemed in these ways, he must go free in the jubilee year, he and his children with him,

“‘Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the Lord as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the Lord.

And your raised offering will be credited to you as though it were grain from the threshing floor or as new wine from the winepress.

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived.

The Lord will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed.

But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

The Lord did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl.

Gideon said, “Since you will not help, after the Lord hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh your skin with desert thorns and briers.”

Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”

On that day a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head.

Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.

Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says.

In the same way that I valued your life this day, may the Lord value my life and deliver me from all danger.”

So David asked the Lord what he should do. This time the Lord said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees.

Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord.

The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.”

He said, “About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.