So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, &#8220;She is really<n id="1" /> your wife! Why did you say, &#8216;She is my sister&#8217;?&#8221; Isaac replied, &#8220;Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But his father refused and said, &#8220;I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude<n id="1" /> of nations.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> became angry with<n id="1" /> Moses, and he said, &#8220;What about<n id="2" /> your brother Aaron the Levite?<n id="3" /> I know that he can speak very well.<n id="4" /> Moreover, he is coming<n id="5" /> to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.<n id="6" />p>

for it is his only covering &#8211; it is his garment for his body.<n id="1" /> What else can he sleep in?<n id="2" /> And<n id="3" /> when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.p>

but the entrails and the legs he washed with water,<n id="1" /> and Moses offered the whole ram up in smoke on the altar &#8211; it was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma, a gift to the <sc>Lordsc>, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had commanded Moses.<n id="2" />p>

However, you must not eat these<n id="1" /> from among those that chew the cud and have divided hooves: The camel is unclean to you<n id="2" /> because it chews the cud<n id="3" /> even though its hoof is not divided.<n id="4" />

the priest must examine it,<n id="1" /> and if<n id="2" /> the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin,<n id="3" /> it is a disease that has broken out in the burn.<n id="4" /> The priest is to pronounce the person unclean.<n id="5" /> It is a diseased infection.<n id="6" />

the priest is to examine the infection,<n id="1" /> and if<n id="2" /> it appears to be deeper than the skin<n id="3" /> and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean.<n id="4" /> It is scall,<n id="5" /> a disease of the head or the beard.<n id="6" />

The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if<n id="1" /> the infection has not changed its appearance<n id="2" /> even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it up in the fire. It is a fungus, whether on the back side or front side of the article.<n id="3" />

He must then slaughter<n id="1" /> the male lamb in the place where<n id="2" /> the sin offering<n id="3" /> and the burnt offering<n id="4" /> are slaughtered,<n id="5" /> in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;<n id="6" /> it is most holy.

for the life of all flesh is its blood.<n id="1" /> So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing<n id="2" /> because the life of every living thing is its blood &#8211; all who eat it will be cut off.<n id="3" />p>

Understand today that the <sc>Lordsc> your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he<n id="1" /> has told you.

However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food,<n id="1" /> and you may use it to build siege works<n id="2" /> against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.p>

You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the <sc>Lordsc> against you, and you will be guilty of sin.p>

For this is no idle word for you &#8211; it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph&#8217;s firstborn son, was also allotted land.<n id="1" /> The descendants of Makir, Manasseh&#8217;s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors.<n id="2" /> They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.<n id="3" />

The whole hill country<n id="1" /> will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours.<n id="2" /> You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.&#8221;p>

&#8220;El, God, the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" /> El, God, the <sc>Lordsc>! He knows the truth!<n id="2" /> Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="3" /> don&#8217;t spare us<n id="4" /> today!

<p class="bodytext">Joshua warned<n id="1" /> the people, &#8220;You will not keep worshiping<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, for<n id="3" /> he is a holy God.<n id="4" /> He is a jealous God who will not forgive<n id="5" /> your rebellion or your sins.

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, &#8220;May he be rewarded by the <sc>Lordsc> because he<n id="1" /> has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!&#8221;<n id="2" /> Then Naomi said to her, &#8220;This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian.&#8221;<n id="3" />