While they were bringing her out, she sent word<n id="1" /> to her father-in-law: &#8220;I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.&#8221;<n id="2" /> Then she said, &#8220;Identify<n id="3" /> the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then their father Israel said to them, &#8220;If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man &#8211; a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

<p class="bodytext">The man<n id="1" /> replied, &#8220;Who made you a ruler<n id="2" /> and a judge over us? Are you planning<n id="3" /> to kill me like you killed that<n id="4" /> Egyptian?&#8221; Then Moses was afraid, thinking,<n id="5" /> &#8220;Surely what I did<n id="6" /> has become known.&#8221;

but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent<n id="1" /> to present it as<n id="2" /> an offering to the <sc>Lordsc> before the tabernacle of the <sc>Lordsc>. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman,<n id="1" /> although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation.<n id="2" /> They must not be put to death, because she was not free.

<t /><p class="bodytext">If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man&#8217;s wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband&#8217;s brother must go to her, marry her,<n id="1" /> and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.<n id="2" />

then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face.<n id="1" /> She will then respond, &#8220;Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother&#8217;s family line!&#8221;<n id="2" />

surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry!<n id="1" /> Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time!<n id="2" /> No,<n id="3" /> my daughters, you must not return with me.<n id="4" /> For my intense suffering<n id="5" /> is too much for you to bear.<n id="6" /> For the <sc>Lordsc> is afflicting me!&#8221;<n id="7" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Even before they burned the fat, the priest&#8217;s attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice, &#8220;Hand over some meat for the priest to roast! He won&#8217;t take boiled meat from you, but only raw.&#8221;<n id="1" />

If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the <sc>Lordsc>, who then will intercede for him?&#8221; But Eli&#8217;s sons<n id="1" /> would not listen to their father, for the <sc>Lordsc> had decided<n id="2" /> to kill them.p>

The servant went on to answer Saul, &#8220;Look, I happen to have in my hand a quarter shekel<n id="1" /> of silver. I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us where we should go.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">They said to the messengers who had come, &#8220;Here&#8217;s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: &#8216;Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.&#8217;&#8221; When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy.

<p class="bodytext">David asked the men who were standing near him, &#8220;What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation?<n id="1" /> For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?&#8221;

David said to him, &#8220;To whom do you belong, and where are you from?&#8221; The young man said, &#8220;I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days.

He then handed out to each member of the entire assembly of Israel,<n id="1" /> both men and women, a portion of bread, a date cake,<n id="2" /> and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home.<n id="3" />

Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, &#8220;What! You saw this? Why didn&#8217;t you strike him down right on the spot?<n id="1" /> I would have given you ten pieces of silver<n id="2" /> and a commemorative belt!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin,<n id="1" /> and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.<n id="2" /> (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)<n id="3" />

Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria.<n id="1" /> Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.p>

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin,<n id="1" /> and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives.<n id="2" /> (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)<n id="3" />

Amaziah asked the prophet:<n id="1" /> &#8220;But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?&#8221; The prophet<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is capable of giving you more than that.&#8221;