When it reverts in the jubilee, the field will be holy to the Lord like a permanently dedicated field; it will become the priest’s property.

Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

I gave Gilead to Machir.

Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight.

All ritually clean birds you may eat.

You may eat any clean bird.

If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.”

Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you.

Whenever they went out to fight, the Lord did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.

Joshua left those nations to test Israel. I wanted to see whether or not the people would carefully walk in the path marked out by the Lord, as their ancestors were careful to do.”

When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army.

After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.

Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah – the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.

He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.

When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, “Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”