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The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have returned to you now. So you may go with us and fight the men of Ammon. You will be the head of all the people of Gilead."

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. And the people made him head and leader over them. Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.

The king of the people of Ammon said to these men of Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land when they came from Egypt. They took my land from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan. So I ask you to return this land to me in peace."

Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom, saying, "We ask you to let us pass through your land." But the king of Edom would not listen. They asked the king of Moab also. But he would not let them pass through. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

The Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel. They won the war against Sihon. So Israel took all the land of the Amorites, the people of that country.

'So the Lord, the God of Israel, drove the Amorites away from His people Israel. Now are you to take the land for your own?

The Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah. So he passed through Gilead and Manasseh and through Mizpah of Gilead. He went from Mizpah of Gilead to the people of Ammon.

But do this for me. Let me alone for two months. So I and my friends may go to the mountains and cry because I will never have a man."

She returned to her father after two months. And he did what he promised the Lord and she died without having a man. So it became the way in Israel

I saw that you would not help me, so I took my life in my hands. I crossed over to fight the people of Ammon. And the Lord gave them into my hand. So why have you come today to fight against me?"

they would say to him, "Then say ‘Shibboleth.'" But he would say, "Sibboleth," for he could not say it right. So they would take hold of him and kill him at the crossing places of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 men of Ephraim were killed.

The people of Israel sinned in the eyes of the Lord again. So the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

So be careful not to drink wine or strong drink. Do not eat anything that is unclean.

So the woman ran to her husband in a hurry. She told him, "See, the man who came the other day has come to me again."

Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "We ask of you, stay with us. So we may get a young goat ready for you to eat."

Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "What is your name? So we may honor you when your words come true."

So Manoah took the young goat with the grain gift. And he gave it on the rock to the Lord. Then the Lord did powerful works while Manoah and his wife watched.

So Manoah said to his wife, "We will die for sure. For we have seen God."

So he took the honey out with his hands and went on his way, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave some honey to them, and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had taken the honey out of the lion's body.

So Samson said to them, "Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet. Now what does this mean?" But they could not answer the question in three days.