So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met<n id="1" /> the man, he said to him, &#8220;Are you the man who spoke to my wife?&#8221;<n id="2" /> He said, &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<n id="3" />

When he looked up and saw the traveler<n id="1" /> in the town square, the old man said, &#8220;Where are you heading? Where do you come from?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.<n id="1" />

So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.<n id="1" />

When the man got ready to leave,<n id="1" /> his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.<n id="2" />

The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, &#8220;No, my brothers! Don&#8217;t do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don&#8217;t do such a disgraceful thing!

He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.

He<n id="1" /> moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.p>

He divided the three hundred men into three units.<n id="1" /> He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.<n id="2" />

The woman ran at once and told her husband,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Come quickly,<n id="2" /> the man who visited<n id="3" /> me the other day has appeared to me!&#8221;

This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah&#8217;s house.<n id="1" />

So the two of them sat down and had a meal together.<n id="1" /> Then the girl&#8217;s father said to the man, &#8220;Why not stay another night and have a good time!&#8221;<n id="2" />

But the man did not want to stay another night. He left<n id="1" /> and traveled as far as<n id="2" /> Jebus (that is, Jerusalem).<n id="3" /> He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.<n id="4" />p>

The old man said, &#8220;Everything is just fine!<n id="1" /> I will take care of all your needs. But don&#8217;t spend the night in the town square.&#8221;

The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master<n id="1" /> was staying until it became light.<n id="2" />

He said to her, &#8220;Get up, let&#8217;s leave!&#8221; But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home.<n id="1" />

The Levite,<n id="1" /> the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up, &#8220;I and my concubine stopped in<n id="2" /> Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin<n id="3" /> to spend the night.

<p class="bodytext">They were having a good time,<n id="1" /> when suddenly<n id="2" /> some men of the city, some good-for-nothings,<n id="3" /> surrounded the house and kept beating<n id="4" /> on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, &#8220;Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him.&#8221;<n id="5" />

Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, &#8220;Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for.&#8221; He went with her into the tent,<n id="1" /> and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead<n id="2" /> with the tent peg in his temple.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> said to Gideon, &#8220;With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army<n id="1" /> and I will hand Midian over to you.<n id="2" /> The rest of the men should go home.&#8221;<n id="3" />