The <sc>Lordsc> said to him, &#8220;You are safe!<n id="1" /> Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!&#8221;

He also threatened<n id="1" /> the men of Penuel, warning,<n id="2" /> &#8220;When I return victoriously,<n id="3" /> I will tear down this tower.&#8221;p>

The priest said to them, &#8220;Go with confidence.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> will be with you on your mission.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

They stopped<n id="1" /> there, went inside the young Levite&#8217;s house (which belonged to Micah),<n id="2" /> and asked him how he was doing.<n id="3" />

Gideon built an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> there, and named it &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is on friendly terms with me.&#8221;<n id="1" /> To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.p>

then whoever is the first to come through<n id="1" /> the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites &#8211; he<n id="2" /> will belong to the <sc>Lordsc> and<n id="3" /> I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.&#8221;

The old man said, &#8220;Everything is just fine!<n id="1" /> I will take care of all your needs. But don&#8217;t spend the night in the town square.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor<n id="1" /> and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty.<n id="2" />

The Ammonite king said to Jephthah&#8217;s messengers, &#8220;Because Israel stole<n id="1" /> my land when they<n id="2" /> came up from Egypt &#8211; from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan.<n id="3" /> Now return it<n id="4" /> peaceably!&#8221;p>