LXX Concordance for τοῖς

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

And the LORD said, “My Spirit will not remain[fn] with[fn] mankind forever, because they are corrupt.[fn] Their days will be 120 years.”

but the dove found no resting place for its foot. It returned to him in the ark because water covered the surface of the whole earth. He reached out and brought it into the ark to himself.

Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.

he said:

Canaan is cursed.

He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.

Let God extend Japheth;[fn]

let Japheth dwell in the tents of Shem;

let Canaan be Shem's slave.

After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, bowed to the ground,

“For I have chosen[fn] him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. This is how the LORD will fulfill to Abraham what he promised him.”

On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Abraham looked up and saw a ram[fn] caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

When Abraham got up from beside his dead wife, he spoke to the Hethites:

Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hethites, the people of the land.

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.

In the early evening Isaac went out to walk[fn] in the field, and looking up he saw camels coming.

But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

“Let me go through all your sheep today and remove every sheep that is speckled or spotted, every dark-colored sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the female goats. Such will be my wages.

That day Laban removed the streaked and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats ​— ​every one that had any white on it ​— ​and every dark-colored one among the lambs, and he placed his sons in charge of them.

Jacob separated the lambs and made the flocks face the streaked sheep and the completely dark sheep in Laban's flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and didn't put them with Laban's sheep.

“When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

“And he said, ‘Look up and see: all the males that are mating with the flocks are streaked, spotted, and speckled, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

Then Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.

He entrusted them to his slaves as separate herds and said to them, “Go on ahead of me, and leave some distance between the herds.”

He also told the second one, the third, and everyone who was walking behind the animals, “Say the same thing to Esau when you find him.

“Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

They sat down to eat a meal, and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.

“Come on, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and his brothers agreed.

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He elevated[fn] the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants.

“Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guards.

“The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.”

and he said to them, “Can we find anyone like this, a man who has God's spirit[fn] in him? ”

When the whole land of Egypt was stricken with famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all Egypt, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?

At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver there at the top of his bag.

“Take twice as much silver with you. Return the silver that was returned to you in the top of your bags. Perhaps it was a mistake.

But the men were afraid because they were taken to Joseph's house. They said, “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time. They intend to overpower us, seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

Then the steward said, “May you be well. Don't be afraid. Your God and the God of your father must have put treasure in your bags. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

When he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother that you told me about? ” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

They served him by himself, his brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, since that is detestable to them.

They said to him, “Why does my lord say these things? Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

“Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him to me so that I can see him.'

“Then you said to your servants, ‘If your younger brother does not come down with you, you will not see me again.'

Joseph could no longer keep his composure in front of all his attendants,[fn] so he called out, “Send everyone away from me! ” No one was with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go on back to the land of Canaan.

“Do not be concerned about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.' ”

And Pharaoh asked his brothers, “What is your occupation? ”

They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants, both we and our ancestors, are shepherds.”

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's family with food for their dependents.

The only land he did not acquire belonged to the priests, for they had an allowance from Pharaoh. They ate from their allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.

“Children born to you after them will be yours and will be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.

When Jacob had finished giving charges to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, took his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

He commanded his servants who were physicians to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.

When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians.” Therefore the place is named Abel-mizraim.[fn] It is across the Jordan.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Pharaoh then commanded all his people, “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”

God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.[fn] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.”

“But when I stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my miracles that I will perform in it, after that, he will let you go.

That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen,

So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

“Therefore tell the Israelites: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians and rescue you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and great acts of judgment.

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor.

So the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt ​— ​over their rivers, canals, ponds, and all their water reservoirs ​— ​and they will become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.”

“But if you refuse to let them go, then I will plague all your territory with frogs.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the land, and it will become gnats[fn] throughout the land of Egypt.”

“then the LORD's hand will bring a severe plague against your livestock in the field ​— ​the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

“It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils on people and animals throughout the land of Egypt.”

“and so that you may tell[fn] your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am the LORD.”

Moses replied, “We will go with our young and with our old; we will go with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds because we must hold the LORD's festival.”

One person could not see another, and for three days they did not move from where they were. Yet all the Israelites had light where they lived.

“But against all the Israelites, whether people or animals, not even a dog will snarl,[fn] so that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

“This month is to be the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of your year.

“They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them.

“Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling[fn] water, but only roasted over fire ​— ​its head as well as its legs and inner organs.

“Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel,[fn] your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the LORD's Passover.

“Yeast must not be found in your houses for seven days. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a resident alien or native of the land, must be cut off from the community of Israel.

“Keep this command permanently as a statute for you and your descendants.

It was a night of vigil in honor of the LORD, because he would bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night is in honor of the LORD, a night vigil for all the Israelites throughout their generations.

“Consecrate every firstborn male to me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is mine.”

“When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites,[fn] which he swore to your ancestors that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you must carry out this ceremony in this month.

“When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you,

“Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you must camp in front of Baal-zephon, facing it by the sea.

As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and there were the Egyptians coming after them! The Israelites were terrified and cried out to the LORD for help.

“Isn't this what we told you in Egypt: Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

The LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to break camp.

“As for me, I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them, and I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh, all his army, and his chariots and horsemen.

When Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in him and in his servant Moses.

He said, “If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what is right in his sight, pay attention to his commands, and keep all his statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that confronted them on the way, and how the LORD rescued them.

Moses went up the mountain to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain: “This is what you must say to the house of Jacob and explain to the Israelites:

“and you will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation.' These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.”

Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,

Then the LORD told Moses, “This is what you are to say to the Israelites: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

“But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

“Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them[fn] and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.

“You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.

He told the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute should go to them.”

“Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me. You are to take my offering from everyone who is willing to give.

“The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

“The rings should be next to the frame as holders for the poles to carry the table.

“There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a bud and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

“For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches from it, a bud under the second pair of branches from it, and a bud under the third pair of branches from it.

“Also make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.

“Each support will have two tenons for joining. Do the same for all the supports of the tabernacle.

“and make forty silver bases under the twenty supports, two bases under the first support for its two tenons, and two bases under the next support for its two tenons;

“You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.

“You are to instruct all the skilled artisans,[fn] whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron's garments for consecrating him to serve me as priest.

“Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the Israelites. Aaron will carry their names on his two shoulders before the LORD as a reminder.

“Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron's sons to give them glory and beauty.

“This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is a contribution. It will be the Israelites' contribution from their fellowship sacrifices, their contribution to the LORD.

“This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all I have commanded you. Take seven days to ordain them.

“I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by my glory.

“I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

“Take the atonement price[fn] from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the LORD to atone for your lives.”

“Tell the Israelites: This will be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.

“Tell the Israelites: You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you will know that I am the LORD who consecrates you.

“It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.”

Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them get out of control, making them a laughingstock to their enemies.[fn]

For the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites: You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.”

“Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

But whenever Moses went before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. After he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,

“and the specially woven[fn] garments for ministering in the sanctuary ​— ​the holy garments for the priest Aaron and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”

Moses then said to the Israelites, “Look, the LORD has appointed by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.

He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide,[fn] and was 4½ feet[fn] high.

He constructed for the altar a grate of bronze mesh under its ledge,[fn] halfway up from the bottom.

The screen for the gate of the courtyard was made of finely spun linen, expertly embroidered[fn] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. It was 30 feet[fn] long, and like the hangings of the courtyard, 7½ feet[fn] high.[fn]

With the remaining 44 pounds[fn] he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

They made specially woven[fn] garments for ministry in the sanctuary, and the holy garments for Aaron from the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

They made the tunics of fine woven linen for Aaron and his sons.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD from the livestock, you may bring your offering from the herd or the flock.

“But the rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons; it is the holiest part of the food offerings to the LORD.

“But the rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons; it is the holiest part of the food offerings to the LORD.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins, and the fatty lobe of the liver above the kidneys.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins. He will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys,

“Command Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the burnt offering; the burnt offering itself must remain on the altar's hearth all night until morning, while the fire of the altar is kept burning on it.

“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the sin offering. The sin offering is most holy and must be slaughtered before the LORD at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

“Any male among the priests may eat it; it is especially holy.

“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

“But any grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all of Aaron's sons.

“Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

“Tell the Israelites: The one who presents a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD is to bring an offering to the LORD from his sacrifice.

“The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

“I have taken from the Israelites the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution from their fellowship sacrifices, and have assigned them to the priest Aaron and to his sons as a permanent portion[fn] from the Israelites.”

which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD has spoken:

I will demonstrate my holiness[fn]

to those who are near me,

and I will reveal my glory[fn]

before all the people.”

And Aaron remained silent.

So they came forward and carried them in their tunics outside the camp, as Moses had said.

“You must eat it in a holy place because it is your portion[fn] and your sons' from the food offerings to the LORD, for this is what I was commanded.

“Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals.

“This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.

“Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.

“in the warp or weft of linen or wool, or in leather or anything made of leather ​— ​

“He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations[fn] that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,

“The priest is to return on the seventh day and examine it. If the contamination has spread on the walls of the house,

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge from his member, he is unclean.

“They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.

“Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no alien who resides among you may eat blood.

“Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You are not to eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.

“The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

“Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

“Do not turn to mediums[fn] or consult spiritists,[fn] or you will be defiled by them; I am the LORD your God.

“Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or alien residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.

“But if the people of the country look the other way when that man[fn] gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

“You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.

The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron's sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,

“Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to me, so they do not profane my holy name; I am the LORD.

“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: Any man of the house of Israel or of the resident aliens in Israel who presents his offering ​— ​whether they present payment of vows or freewill gifts to the LORD as burnt offerings ​— ​

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are my appointed times, the times of the LORD that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.

“These are the LORD's appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest,[fn] you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.

“Tell the Israelites: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a day of complete rest, commemoration, and trumpet blasts ​— ​a sacred assembly.

“Tell the Israelites: The Festival of Shelters[fn] to the LORD begins on the fifteenth day of this seventh month and continues for seven days.

So Moses declared the LORD's appointed times to the Israelites.

“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.

“It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, for it is the holiest portion for him from the food offerings to the LORD; this is a permanent rule.”

“And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

After Moses spoke to the Israelites, they brought the one who had cursed to the outside of the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

“You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan.

“Concerning the Levitical cities, the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess.

“You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

“I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow to the LORD that involves the assessment of people,

The descendants of Simeon: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, those registered counting one by one the names of every male twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Gad: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Judah: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Issachar: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Zebulun: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Joseph:

The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Manasseh: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Benjamin: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Dan: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Asher: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

The descendants of Naphtali: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.

“Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him[fn] from the Israelites.

So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.

“Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are in excess among the Israelites.”

He gave the redemption silver to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the LORD, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

“Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.

“Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, that person acts unfaithfully toward the LORD and is guilty.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him,

“at this point the priest will make the woman take the oath with the sworn curse, and he is to say to her ​— ​‘May the LORD make you into an object of your people's cursing and swearing when he makes your womb[fn] shrivel and your belly swell.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When a man or woman makes a special vow, a Nazirite vow, to consecrate himself to the LORD,

“Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. You should say to them,

“Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”

“From the Israelites, I have given the Levites exclusively to Aaron and his sons to perform the work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

“He may assist his brothers to fulfill responsibilities[fn] at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.”

So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,

“Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

“Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so you should tell me, ‘Carry them at your breast, as a nursing mother carries a baby,' to the land that you swore to give their ancestors?

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the LORD's anger burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a very severe plague.

“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

While the whole community threatened to stone them, the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.

“will ever see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have despised me will see it.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you to settle in,

“The assembly is to have the same statute for both you and the resident alien as a permanent statute throughout your generations. You and the alien will be alike before the LORD.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land where I am bringing you,

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout their generations they are to make tassels for the corners of their garments, and put a blue cord on the tassel at each corner.

“As for the firepans of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, make them into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, for they presented them before the LORD, and the firepans are holy. They will be a sign to the Israelites.”

just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. It was to be a reminder for the Israelites that no unauthorized person outside the lineage of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD and become like Korah and his followers.

“Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral tribe,[fn] twelve staffs from all the leaders of their tribes.[fn] Write each man's name on his staff.

So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. Aaron's staff was among them.

The LORD told Moses, “Put Aaron's staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before me, or else they will die.”

“You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, “Look, I have put you in charge of the contributions brought to me. As for all the holy offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

“The contribution of their gifts also belongs to you. I have given all the Israelites' presentation offerings to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your house may eat it.

“I give to you and to your sons and daughters all the holy contributions that the Israelites present to the LORD as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you as well as your offspring.”

“Look, I have given the Levites every tenth in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.

“For I have given them the tenth that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution for their inheritance. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”

“Speak to the Levites and tell them: When you receive from the Israelites the tenth that I have given you as your inheritance, you are to present part of it as an offering to the LORD ​— ​a tenth of the tenth.

“Tell them further: Once you have presented the best part of the tenth, and it is credited to you Levites as the produce of the threshing floor or the winepress,

“This is the legal statute that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red cow that has no defect and has never been yoked.

“Then the one who gathers up the cow's ashes must wash his clothes, and he will remain unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the alien who resides among them.

“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land I have given the Israelites, because you both rebelled against my command at the Waters of Meribah.

So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak's officials, “Go back to your land, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”

But Balaam responded to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.

Balak sacrificed cattle, sheep, and goats and sent for Balaam and the officials who were with him.

Since Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned[fn] toward the wilderness.

Balaam answered Balak, “Didn't I previously tell the messengers you sent me:

The LORD told Moses,

“Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.

“Tell the Israelites: When a man dies without having a son, transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

“If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative of his clan, and he will take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites as the LORD commanded Moses.”

“Command the Israelites and say to them: Be sure to present to me at its appointed time my offering and my food as my food offering, a pleasing aroma to me.

“Offer two quarts with each of the seven lambs

“and two quarts with each of the seven lambs,

“and two quarts[fn] with each of the seven male lambs.

“Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each of the thirteen bulls, four quarts with each of the two rams,

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

So Moses told the Israelites everything the LORD had commanded him.

Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings ​— ​Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign.

“Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam's advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the LORD in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the LORD's community.

“From the Israelites' half, take one out of every fifty from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of[fn] the LORD's tabernacle.”

Moses took one out of every fifty, selected from the people and the livestock of the Israelites' half. He gave them to the Levites who perform the duties of the LORD's tabernacle, as the LORD had commanded him.

The Reubenites and Gadites had a very large number of livestock. When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.

“which the LORD struck down before the community of Israel, is good land for livestock, and your servants own livestock.”

The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “What the LORD has spoken to your servants is what we will do.

So Moses gave them ​— ​the Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph ​— ​the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites and the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, the land including its cities with the territories surrounding them.

Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying every firstborn male the LORD had struck down among them, for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.

“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance[fn] with these borders:

So Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the LORD commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.

These are the ones the LORD commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

“Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.

“The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall five hundred yards[fn] on every side.

“The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you will provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give forty-two other cities.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

“These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the alien or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

They said, “The LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites. My lord was further commanded by the LORD to give our brother Zelophehad's inheritance to his daughters.

So Moses commanded the Israelites at the word of the LORD, “What the tribe of Joseph's descendants says is right.

“No inheritance belonging to the Israelites is to transfer from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of his ancestral tribe.

Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married cousins on their father's side.

“See, I have set the land before you. Enter and take possession of the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their future descendants.'

“So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: commanders for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.

“‘None of these men in this evil generation will see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,

“Don't provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot of it,[fn] because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.

“The LORD said to me, ‘Show no hostility toward Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.' ”

“When you get close to the Ammonites, don't show any hostility to them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the Ammonites' land as a possession; I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.' ”

This was just as he had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them; they drove them out and have lived in their place until now.

“You can sell us food in exchange for silver so we may eat, and give us water for silver so we may drink. Only let us travel through on foot,

“and I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

“I commanded Joshua at that time: Your own eyes have seen everything the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.

“Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west, north, south, and east, and see it with your own eyes, for you will not cross the Jordan.

“Keep his statutes and commands, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”

These are the decrees, statutes, and ordinances Moses proclaimed to them after they came out of Egypt,

“He did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive here today.

“Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,

“If only they had such a heart to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that they and their children would prosper forever.

“Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.[fn]

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you ​— ​a land with large and beautiful cities that you did not build,

“Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight, so that you may prosper and so that you may enter and possess the good land the LORD your God swore to give your ancestors,

“but he brought us from there in order to lead us in and give us the land that he swore to our ancestors.

“But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors, he brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

“If you listen to and are careful to keep these ordinances, the LORD your God will keep his covenant loyalty with you, as he swore to your ancestors.

“You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

“do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:

“Carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the LORD swore to your ancestors.

“but remember that the LORD your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

“You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the LORD your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfill the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“For this reason, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance like his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God told him.

“Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, so that they may enter and possess the land I swore to give their ancestors.'

“and so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to your ancestors to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

“I[fn] will provide grass in your fields for your livestock. You will eat and be satisfied.

“so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be many in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors.

“Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods ​— ​on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

“Do not eat it, so that you and your children after you will prosper, because you will be doing what is right in the LORD's sight.

“Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that you and your children after you may prosper forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

“be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I'll also do the same.'

“Nothing set apart for destruction is to remain in your hand, so that the LORD will turn from his burning anger and grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as he swore to your ancestors.

“Consecrate to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herd and flock. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.

“Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue reigning many years[fn] in Israel.

“The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the LORD's food offerings; that is their[fn][fn] inheritance.

“For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in his name from now on.[fn]

“When the LORD your God annihilates the nations whose land he is giving you, so that you drive them out and live in their cities and houses,

“If the LORD your God enlarges your territory as he swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land he promised to give them ​— ​

“so that they won't teach you to do all the detestable acts they do for their gods, and you sin against the LORD your God.

“when that man gives what he has to his sons as an inheritance, he is not to show favoritism to the son of the loved wife as his firstborn over the firstborn of the neglected wife.

“They will say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he doesn't obey us. He's a glutton and a drunkard.'

“When you come before the priest who is serving at that time, say to him, ‘Today I declare to the LORD your[fn] God that I have entered the land the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us.'

“Look down from your holy dwelling, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you swore to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.

“‘Anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice is cursed.'

And all the people will say, ‘Amen! '

“The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he swore to you, if you obey the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways.

“The LORD will make you prosper abundantly with offspring,[fn] the offspring of your livestock, and your land's produce in the land the LORD swore to your ancestors to give you.

“Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away from you and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will help you.

“you will serve your enemies that the LORD will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

“The LORD will take you back in ships to Egypt by a route that I said you would never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.

“and so that he may establish you today as his people and he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God and with those who are not here today.

“Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

“Then people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, which he had made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

“The LORD your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands, your offspring,[fn] the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as he delighted in that of your ancestors,

“love the LORD your God, obey him, and remain faithful[fn] to him. For he is your life, and he will prolong your days as you live in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

“The LORD will deal with them as he did Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when he destroyed them.

Moses then summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with[fn] this people into the land the LORD swore to give to their ancestors. You will enable them to take possession of it.

Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the LORD's covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.

“When I bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper.[fn] They will turn to other gods and worship them, despising me and breaking my covenant.

he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the LORD's covenant,

He watches over[fn] his nest like an eagle

and hovers over his young;

he spreads his wings, catches him,

and carries him on his feathers.

“Is it not stored up with me,

sealed up in my vaults?

The LORD will indeed vindicate his people

and have compassion on his servants

when he sees that their strength is gone

and no one is left ​— ​slave or free.[fn]

“when I sharpen my flashing sword,

and my hand takes hold of judgment,

I will take vengeance on my adversaries

and repay those who hate me.

Rejoice, you nations, concerning his people,[fn]

for he will avenge the blood of his servants.[fn]

He will take vengeance on his adversaries;[fn]

he will purify his land and his people.[fn]

he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.

“Go up Mount Nebo in the Abarim range in the land of Moab, across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan I am giving the Israelites as a possession.

“For both of you broke faith with me among the Israelites at the Waters of Meribath-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin by failing to treat me as holy in their presence.

He said about Asher:

May Asher[fn] be the most blessed of the sons;

may he be the most favored among his brothers

and dip his foot in olive oil.

The LORD then said to him, “This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ‘I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

He was unparalleled for all the signs and wonders the LORD sent him to do against the land of Egypt ​— ​to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land ​— ​

“Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance.

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,

“For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan.

Then he said to the priests, “Carry the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.

“Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: When you reach the edge of the water,[fn] stand in the Jordan.”

“you should tell them, ‘The water of the Jordan was cut off in front of the ark of the LORD's covenant. When it crossed the Jordan, the Jordan's water was cut off.' Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.”

“Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

“you should tell your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.'

For the Israelites wandered in the wilderness forty years until all the nation's men of war who came out of Egypt had died off because they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

And the day after they ate from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. Since there was no more manna for the Israelites, they ate from the crops of the land of Canaan that year.

After the seventh time, the priests blew the rams' horns, and Joshua said to the troops, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city.

Joshua said to the two men who had scouted the land, “Go to the prostitute's house and bring the woman out of there, and all who are with her, just as you swore to her.”

The Israelites, however, were unfaithful regarding the things set apart for destruction. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart, and the LORD's anger burned against the Israelites.

just as Moses the LORD's servant had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used. Then they offered burnt offerings to the LORD and sacrificed fellowship offerings on it.

There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read before the entire assembly of Israel, including the women, the dependents, and the resident aliens who lived among them.

They wore old, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies. Their entire provision of bread was dry and crumbly.

“and all that he did to the two Amorite kings beyond the Jordan ​— ​King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth.

But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. Then the whole community grumbled against the leaders.

Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”

but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites and Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath still live in Israel today.

To the tribe of the Gadites by their clans, Moses gave

But half of Gilead, and Og's royal cities in Bashan ​— ​Ashtaroth and Edrei ​— ​are for the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh (that is, half the descendants of Machir by their clans).

because Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes beyond the Jordan. But he gave no inheritance among them to the Levites.

the cities set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh ​— ​all these cities with their settlements.

So the allotment was for the rest of Manasseh's descendants by their clans, for the sons of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, by their clans.

They came before the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our male relatives.” So they gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers, in keeping with the LORD's instruction.

because Manasseh's daughters received an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of Manasseh's sons.

The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself on Manasseh's border belonged to the descendants of Ephraim.

So Joshua replied to Joseph's family (that is, Ephraim and Manasseh), “You have many people and great strength. You will not have just one allotment,

So Joshua asked the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, gave you?

“But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the LORD's servant gave them.”

“Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and the aliens residing among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

So the Israelites, by the LORD's command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.

to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.

But they gave the fields and settlements of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath's descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim.

All ten cities with their pasturelands were for the clans of Kohath's other descendants.

From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari, who were the remaining Levites:

Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,

All twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari's descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh answered the heads of the Israelite clans,

Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this treachery against him. As a result, you have rescued the Israelites from the LORD's power.”

The Israelites were pleased with the report, and they blessed God. They spoke no more about going to war against them to ravage the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

“See, I have allotted these remaining nations to you as an inheritance for your tribes, including all the nations I have destroyed, from the Jordan westward to the Mediterranean Sea.

“know for certain that the LORD your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a sharp stick[fn] for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

“But if it doesn't please you to worship the LORD, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship ​— ​the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the LORD.”

The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land I had promised to your ancestors. I also said: I will never break my covenant with you.

The Israelites did what was evil in the LORD's sight. They worshiped the Baals

The LORD's anger burned against Israel, and he declared, “Because this nation has violated my covenant that I made with their ancestors and disobeyed me,

The LORD left them to test Israel, to determine if they would keep the LORD's commands he had given their ancestors through Moses.

The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.

The LORD threw Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army into a panic before Barak's assault. Sisera left his chariot and fled on foot.

Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;

Issachar was with Barak;

they were under his leadership[fn] in the valley.

There was great searching[fn] of heart

among the clans of Reuben.

The LORD said to Gideon, “I will deliver you with the three hundred men who lapped and hand the Midianites over to you. But everyone else is to go home.”

He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give some loaves of bread to the troops under my command,[fn] because they are exhausted, for I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

He also told the men of Penuel, “When I return safely, I will tear down this tower! ”

Then he went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. You taunted me about them, saying, ‘Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your power that we should give bread to your exhausted men? ' ”

Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and strike us down yourself, for a man is judged by his strength.” So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

The weight of the gold earrings he requested was forty-three pounds[fn] of gold, in addition to the crescent ornaments and ear pendants, the purple garments on the kings of Midian, and the chains on the necks of their camels.

Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal, and isn't Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned the LORD and did not worship him.

The rulers[fn] of Gilead said to one another, “Which man will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He will be the leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

They said to him, “Come, be our commander, and let's fight the Ammonites.”

The men of Ephraim were called together and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight against the Ammonites but didn't call us to go with you? We will burn your house with you in it! ”

and had thirty sons. He gave his thirty daughters in marriage to men outside the tribe and brought back thirty wives for his sons from outside the tribe. Ibzan judged Israel seven years,

So Samson's wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me and don't love me! You told my people the riddle, but haven't explained it to me.”

“Look,” he said,[fn] “I haven't even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you? ”