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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
