He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel<n id="1" /> because there God had revealed himself<n id="2" /> to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father&#8217;s daughter or your mother&#8217;s daughter,<n id="1" /> whether she is born in the same household or born outside it;<n id="2" /> you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them.<n id="3" />

If a man has sexual intercourse with his father&#8217;s wife, he has exposed his father&#8217;s nakedness.<n id="1" /> Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.<n id="2" />

You must not expose the nakedness of your mother&#8217;s sister and your father&#8217;s sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative.<n id="1" /> They must bear their punishment for iniquity.<n id="2" />

If a man has sexual intercourse with<n id="1" /> his brother&#8217;s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother&#8217;s nakedness;<n id="2" /> they will be childless.p>

Then the <sc>Lordsc> opened Balaam&#8217;s eyes, and he saw the angel of the <sc>Lordsc> standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">the oracle of the one who hears the words of God,p> <p class="poetry">and who knows the knowledge of the Most High,p> <p class="poetry">who sees a vision from the Almighty,p> <p class="poetry">although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:p>

&#8216;Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with<n id="1" /> his father&#8217;s former wife,<n id="2" /> for he dishonors his father.&#8217;<n id="3" /> Then all the people will say, &#8216;Amen!&#8217;

Secret things belong to the <sc>Lordsc> our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants<n id="1" /> forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.p>

When he gets ready to go to sleep,<n id="1" /> take careful notice of the place where he lies down. Then go, uncover his legs,<n id="2" /> and lie down<n id="3" /> beside him.<n id="4" /> He will tell<n id="5" /> you what you should do.&#8221;

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">She named the boy Ichabod,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;The glory has departed from Israel,&#8221; referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

<p class="bodytext">When they<n id="1" /> made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, &#8220;Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves.&#8221;

The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request;<n id="1" /> he<n id="2" /> attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people<n id="3" /> to Kir and executed Rezin.p>

They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the <sc>Lordsc> had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the <sc>Lordsc> angry.<n id="1" />

So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel.<n id="1" /> He taught them how to worship<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

They were worshiping<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.p>

The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel<n id="1" /> to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

<p class="bodytext">Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.p><t /><p class="bodytext">The people of Judah<n id="1" /> were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty<n id="1" /> for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you.<n id="2" />