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And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
