And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields,<n id="1" /> or the body of someone who died of natural causes,<n id="2" /> or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.<n id="3" />p>

They traveled from Etham, and turned again to Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-Zephon; and they camped before Migdal.

This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth<n id="1" /> with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

for the <sc>Lordsc> your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.<n id="1" />p>

But I will certainly<n id="1" /> hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they<n id="2" /> will have done by turning to other gods.

<p class="poetry">He said, &#8220;I will reject them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will see what will happen to them;p> <p class="poetry">for they are a perverse generation,p> <p class="poetry">children<n id="2" /> who show no loyalty.p>

Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory<n id="1" /> as far as Aroer near<n id="2" /> Rabbah.

<p class="bodytext">The border of Manasseh went<n id="1" /> from Asher to Micmethath which is near<n id="2" /> Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah.

Their border went up westward to Maralah and touched Dabbesheth and the valley near<n id="1" /> Jokneam.

but Hannah did not go up with them.<n id="1" /> Instead she told her husband, &#8220;Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the <sc>Lordsc>, and he will remain there from then on.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the <sc>Lordsc> under the supervision of<n id="1" /> Eli the priest.p>

<p class="bodytext">The sin of these young men was very great in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight, for they<n id="1" /> treated the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s offering with contempt.p>

Don&#8217;t ever cut off your loyalty to my family, not even when the <sc>Lordsc> has cut off every one of David&#8217;s enemies from the face of the earth

So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find<n id="1" /> David and his men in the region of<n id="2" /> the rocks of the mountain goats.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near<n id="1" /> Jeshimon?&#8221;

So Abner spoke again to Asahel, &#8220;Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground.<n id="1" /> How then could I show<n id="2" /> my face in the presence of Joab your brother?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel&#8217;s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.<n id="1" />

In the letter he wrote: &#8220;Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.&#8221;p>

His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.p>

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.p>