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But Gideon answered them, "Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?

But the leaders of Succoth asked, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?"

From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

So he said to Jether, his firstborn, "Get up and kill them." But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

But Gideon replied, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you."

From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

He went to his father's house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

But the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?'

But the fig tree replied, 'Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?'

But the grapevine replied, 'Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?'

But the thornbush replied, 'If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon."

but you have risen up against my father's house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother-

But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech."

When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Look, people are coming down from the mountains!" But Zebul replied, "The shadows of the mountains look like men to you."

but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.

But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.

But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, crushing his skull.

But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer deliver you.

"We have sinned," the Israelites said to the LORD. "Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!"

But Jephthah asked them, "If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?"