<p class="poetry">So he made a solemn vow<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that he would make them die<n id="2" /> in the desert,p>

<p class="poetry">They worshiped<n id="1" /> their idols,p> <p class="poetry">which became a snare to them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet he took notice of their distress,p> <p class="poetry">when he heard their cry for help.p>

<p class="poetry">He remembered his covenant with them,p> <p class="poetry">and relented<n id="1" /> because of his great loyal love.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1514; (<i>Tavi>)p> <p class="poetry">Pay them back<n id="1" /> what they deserve,<n id="2" /> O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">according to what they<n id="3" /> have done.<n id="4" />p>

As for their wheels, they were called &#8220;the wheelwork&#8221;<n id="1" /> as I listened.

Then they said to one another,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Come, let&#8217;s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.&#8221;<n id="2" /> (They had brick instead of stone and tar<n id="3" /> instead of mortar.)<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Joseph gave orders to fill<n id="1" /> their bags with grain, to return each man&#8217;s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">So the sons of Israel did as he said.<n id="1" /> Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed,<n id="2" /> and he gave them provisions for the journey.

Now Israel&#8217;s eyes were failing<n id="1" /> because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph<n id="2" /> brought his sons<n id="3" /> near to him, and his father<n id="4" /> kissed them and embraced them.

and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons<n id="1" /> and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate<n id="2" /> Aaron and his sons.p>

I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors<n id="1" /> whom I brought out from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.<n id="1" />

We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The other half of Manasseh,<n id="1" /> Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan,<n id="2" /> just as Moses, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant, had assigned them.

Whenever they went out to fight,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> did them harm,<n id="2" /> just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do.<n id="3" /> They suffered greatly.<n id="4" />p>

How can we find wives for those who are left?<n id="1" /> After all, we took an oath in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s name not to give them our daughters as wives.&#8221;

The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites<n id="1" /> gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around.<n id="2" />p>

At the same time they worshiped<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places.<n id="2" />

The <sc>Lordsc> made an agreement<n id="1" /> with them<n id="2" /> and instructed them, &#8220;You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.