<p class="poetry">In the evening there is sudden terror;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">by morning they vanish.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">This is the fate of those who try to plunder us,p> <p class="poetry">the destiny of those who try to loot us!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They have committed treason<n id="1" /> against the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">because they bore illegitimate children.p> <p class="poetry">Soon<n id="2" /> the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.p>

<p class="poetry">Because of his success<n id="1" /> he offers sacrifices to his throw netp> <p class="poetry">and burns incense to his dragnet;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for because of them he has plenty of food,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and more than enough to eat.<n id="4" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> will take possession of<n id="1" /> Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

It must not be baked with yeast.<n id="1" /> I have given it as their portion from my gifts. It is most holy,<n id="2" /> like the sin offering and the guilt offering.

<p class="bodytext">The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;

Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance<n id="1" /> among his brothers;<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> is his inheritance just as the <sc>Lordsc> your God told him.

You shall rejoice in the presence of the <sc>Lordsc> your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages<n id="1" /> (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Levitical priests<n id="1" /> &#8211; indeed, the entire tribe of Levi &#8211; will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the <sc>Lordsc> and of his inheritance.<n id="2" />

Divide it into seven regions.<n id="1" /> Judah will stay<n id="2" /> in its territory in the south, and the family<n id="3" /> of Joseph in its territory in the north.

But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the <sc>Lordsc> our God.

The men journeyed<n id="1" /> through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

Simeon&#8217;s assigned land was taken from Judah&#8217;s allotted portion, for Judah&#8217;s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.<n id="1" />p>

Jezebel&#8217;s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, use your power to deliver me from these murderers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from the murderers of this world!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They enjoy prosperity;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you overwhelm them with the riches they desire.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They have many children,p> <p class="poetry">and leave their wealth to their offspring.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill;p> <p class="poetry">however, he must hand over<n id="1" /> the fruit of his labor<n id="2" /> as an inheritance<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">to someone else who did not work for it.p> <p class="poetry">This also is futile, and an awful injustice!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">So I perceived there is nothing better than for people<n id="1" /> to enjoy their work,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because that is their<n id="3" /> reward;p> <p class="poetry">for who can show them what the future holds?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">What they loved,<n id="1" /> as well as what they hated<n id="2" /> and envied,<n id="3" /> perished long ago,p> <p class="poetry">and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Divide your merchandise<n id="1" /> among seven or even eight<n id="2" /> investments,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for you do not know<n id="4" /> what calamity<n id="5" /> may happen on earth.p>

<p class="poetry">Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love;p> <p class="poetry">they, they are the object of your devotion.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You pour out liquid offerings to them,p> <p class="poetry">you make an offering.p> <p class="poetry">Because of these things I will seek vengeance.<n id="2" />p>