But they said to Joshua, &#8220;We are willing to be your subjects.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So Joshua said to them, &#8220;Who are you and where do you come from?&#8221;

He told them what Micah had done for him, saying,<n id="1" /> &#8220;He hired me and I became his priest.&#8221;

When they came back, Elisha<n id="1" /> was staying in Jericho. He said to them, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you, &#8216;Don&#8217;t go&#8217;?&#8221;p>

He said to them, &#8220;Go away for three days, then return to me.&#8221; So the people went away.p>

When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River,<n id="1" /> and marched against them.<n id="2" /> David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Here is<n id="1" /> another<n id="2" /> enigma<n id="3" /> that occurs on earth:p> <p class="poetry">Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">I said, &#8220;This also is an enigma.&#8221;p>

They told him, &#8220;We both had dreams,<n id="1" /> but there is no one to interpret them.&#8221; Joseph responded, &#8220;Don&#8217;t interpretations belong to God? Tell them<n id="2" /> to me.&#8221;p>

Then Joseph remembered<n id="1" /> the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, &#8220;You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Their father Jacob said to them, &#8220;You are making me childless! Joseph is gone.<n id="1" /> Simeon is gone.<n id="2" /> And now you want to take<n id="3" /> Benjamin! Everything is against me.&#8221;p>

He gave them portions of the food set before him,<n id="1" /> but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then he instructed them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I am about to go<n id="2" /> to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

The king of Egypt said to them, &#8220;Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work?<n id="1" /> Return to your labor!&#8221;

and they said to them, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> look on you and judge,<n id="1" /> because you have made us stink<n id="2" /> in the opinion of<n id="3" /> Pharaoh and his servants,<n id="4" /> so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

But the magicians of Egypt did the same<n id="1" /> by their secret arts, and so<n id="2" /> Pharaoh&#8217;s heart remained hard,<n id="3" /> and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron<n id="4" /> &#8211; just as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief,<n id="1" /> he hardened<n id="2" /> his heart and did not listen to them, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted.<n id="3" />p>

The magicians said<n id="1" /> to Pharaoh, &#8220;It is the finger<n id="2" /> of God!&#8221; But Pharaoh&#8217;s heart remained hard,<n id="3" /> and he did not listen to them, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted.p>

But the <sc>Lordsc> hardened<n id="1" /> Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had predicted to Moses.p>

<p class="bodytext">So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, &#8220;I have sinned this time!<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, &#8220;Go, serve the <sc>Lordsc> your God. Exactly who is going with you?&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">He said to them, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> will need to be with you<n id="1" /> if I release you and your dependents!<n id="2" /> Watch out!<n id="3" /> Trouble is right in front of you!<n id="4" />