You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife<n id="1" /> while she is still alive,<n id="2" /> to have sexual intercourse with her.p>

If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle&#8217;s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.

<p class="poetry">the oracle of the one who hears the words of God,p> <p class="poetry">who sees a vision from the Almighty,p> <p class="poetry">although falling flat on the ground<n id="1" /> with eyes open:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext"><v id="(23:1)" /><n id="1" /> A man may not marry<n id="2" /> his father&#8217;s former<n id="3" /> wife and in this way dishonor his father.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now Samuel did not yet know the <sc>Lordsc>; the word of the <sc>Lordsc> had not yet been revealed to him.

Then the <sc>Lordsc> again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the <sc>Lordsc> had revealed himself to Samuel<n id="1" /> through the word of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />

Now the day before Saul arrived, the <sc>Lordsc> had told<n id="1" /> Samuel:

<p class="bodytext">Jonathan replied, &#8220;All right!<n id="1" /> We&#8217;ll go over to these men and fight them.

<p class="poetry">The depths<n id="1" /> of the sea were exposed;p> <p class="poetry">the inner regions<n id="2" /> of the world were uncoveredp> <p class="poetry">by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s battle cry,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">by the powerful breath from his nose.<n id="4" />p>

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed<n id="1" /> at Riblah in the territory<n id="2" /> of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.p>

and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser<n id="1" /> of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah<n id="2" /> was the tribal leader of Reuben.p>

Jehozadak went into exile when the <sc>Lordsc> sent the people of<n id="1" /> Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.p>

<p class="bodytext">These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath:

Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who moved them. Gera<n id="1" /> was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud.p>

<p class="poetry">Who can uncover its outer covering?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Who can penetrate to the inside of its armor?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The depths<n id="1" /> of the sea<n id="2" /> were exposed;p> <p class="poetry">the inner regions<n id="3" /> of the world were uncoveredp> <p class="poetry">by<n id="4" /> your battle cry,<n id="5" /> <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">by the powerful breath from your nose.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore my<n id="1" /> people will be deported<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because of their lack of understanding.p> <p class="poetry">Their<n id="3" /> leaders will have nothing to eat,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their<n id="5" /> masses will have nothing to drink.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> removed the defenses<n id="2" /> of Judah.p> <p class="poetry">At that time<n id="3" /> you lookedp> <p class="poetry">for the weapons in the House of the Forest.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all joy turns to sorrow;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">celebrations disappear from the earth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The splendor<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> will be revealed,p> <p class="poetry">and all people<n id="2" /> will see it at the same time.p> <p class="poetry">For<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> has decreed it.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>