They must join<n id="1" /> with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person<n id="2" /> may approach you.

by serving other gods and worshiping them &#8211; the sun,<n id="1" /> moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.<n id="2" />

This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.p>

You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor<n id="1" /> has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.<n id="2" />

You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute<n id="1" /> or the wage of a male prostitute<n id="2" /> into the temple of the <sc>Lordsc> your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror<n id="1" /> to all the kingdoms of the earth.

He did<n id="1" /> all the signs and wonders the <sc>Lordsc> had sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, all his servants, and the whole land,

Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed.<n id="1" /> But<n id="2" /> be strong and brave!&#8221;p>

The leaders then added,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Let them live.&#8221; So they became<n id="2" /> woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.<n id="3" />p>

and told them: &#8220;You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.<n id="1" />

So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: &#8220;I am very old.

You saw everything the <sc>Lordsc> your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the <sc>Lordsc> your God fights for you.<n id="1" />

Samuel revealed the word of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> to all Israel.p><t /><p class="bodytext">Then the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines.<n id="2" /> They camped at Ebenezer,<n id="3" /> and the Philistines camped at Aphek.

<p class="bodytext">Samuel said to all Israel, &#8220;I have done<n id="1" /> everything you requested.<n id="2" /> I have given you a king.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Two years later Absalom&#8217;s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor,<n id="1" /> near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king&#8217;s sons.

Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty<n id="1" /> of the citizens<n id="2" /> of Israel.p>

So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, &#8220;The king is grieved over his son.&#8221;

He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king&#8217;s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

In the eleventh year, in the month Bul<n id="1" /> (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.<n id="2" />p>

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.<n id="1" />p>