<p class="poetry">The Ephraimites<n id="1" /> were armed with bows,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but they retreated in the day of battle.<n id="3" />p>

Miriam sang in response<n id="1" /> to them, &#8220;Sing to the <sc>Lordsc>, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">so is a person<n id="1" /> who deceives his neighbor,p> <p class="poetry">and says, &#8220;Was I not only joking?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah!<n id="1" /> So Jacob<n id="2" /> said to Laban, &#8220;What in the world have you done to me!<n id="3" /> Didn&#8217;t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked<n id="4" /> me?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;But the person<n id="1" /> who acts defiantly,<n id="2" /> whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="4" /> That person<n id="5" /> must be cut off<n id="6" /> from among his people.

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Joshua summoned the Gibeonites<n id="2" /> and said to them, &#8220;Why did you trick<n id="3" /> us by saying, &#8216;We live far away from you,&#8217; when you really live nearby?<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out loudly.<n id="1" /> The woman said to Saul, &#8220;Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!&#8221;

<p class="poetry">At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archersp> <p class="poetry">the people of every town will flee.p> <p class="poetry">Some of them will hide in the thickets.p> <p class="poetry">Others will climb up among the rocks.p> <p class="poetry">All the cities will be deserted.p> <p class="poetry">No one will remain in them.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">I called for my lovers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they had deceived me.p> <p class="poetry">My priests and my eldersp> <p class="poetry">perished in the city.p> <p class="poetry">Truly they had<n id="2" /> searched for foodp> <p class="poetry">to<n id="3" /> keep themselves<n id="4" /> alive.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Then Moses and the Israelites sang<n id="2" /> this song to the <sc>Lordsc>. They said,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will sing<n id="4" /> to the <sc>Lord,sc> for he has triumphed gloriously,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">the horse and its rider<n id="6" /> he has thrown into the sea.p>

<p class="bodytext">Saul said to Michal, &#8220;Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!&#8221; Michal replied to Saul, &#8220;He said to me, &#8216;Help me get away or else I will kill you!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

He replied, &#8220;My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I<n id="1" /> said, &#8216;Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,&#8217; for I<n id="2" /> am lame.

David went out to meet them and said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you.<n id="2" /> But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you,<n id="3" /> may the God of our ancestors<n id="4" /> take notice and judge!&#8221;