Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal.<n id="1" /> From there he saw the extent of the nation.p>

your southern border<n id="1" /> will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea,

The <sc>Lordsc> will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth<n id="1" /> as the eagle flies,<n id="2" /> a nation whose language you will not understand,

Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, &#8216;When you reach the bank of the Jordan River,<n id="1" /> wade into the water.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.<n id="1" />

These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah&#8217;s tribal land near the border of Edom:<n id="1" /> Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave<n id="1" /> and attack the camp.&#8221; So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp.<n id="2" />

He said to them, &#8220;Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely!<n id="1" /> I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap.<n id="1" /> Then Ruth<n id="2" /> crept up quietly,<n id="3" /> uncovered his legs,<n id="4" /> and lay down beside him.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After twenty years, during which Solomon built the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple and the royal palace,<n id="1" />

So they started toward<n id="1" /> the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field.<n id="1" />

After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah&#8217;s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea&#8217;s reign over Israel Samaria was captured.

<p class="poetry">He brings an end to wars throughout the earth;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he shatters<n id="2" /> the bow and breaks<n id="3" /> the spear;p> <p class="poetry">he burns<n id="4" /> the shields with fire.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Leave Babylon!p> <p class="poetry">Flee from the Babylonians!p> <p class="poetry">Announce it with a shout of joy!p> <p class="poetry">Make this known!p> <p class="poetry">Proclaim it throughout the earth!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Say, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> protects<n id="2" /> his servant Jacob.p>

<p class="poetry">The dogs have big appetites;p> <p class="poetry">they are never full.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They are shepherds who have no understanding;p> <p class="poetry">they all go their own way,p> <p class="poetry">each one looking for monetary gain.<n id="2" />p>