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She then said, "According to your words, so be it." So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."

Then afterward he read all the words of the Law, the blessing and the curse, according to everything that is written in the Book of the Law.

So when Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation, that is, the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them.

"Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the LORD your God spoke concerning you has failed; they all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.

"But it will come about that just as all the good words which the LORD your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the warnings, until He has eliminated you from this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

Then Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, because it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke to us; so it shall be a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God."

Now when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people raised their voices and wept.

"Her wise princesses would answer her, Indeed she repeats her words to herself,

So his mother's relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem; and they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our relative."

When Zebul the leader of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger burned.

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at Mizpah.

Then Manoah said, "Now when your words are fulfilled, what shall be the boy's way of life and his vocation?"

And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that when your words are fulfilled, we may honor you?"

And it came about, when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.

He said, "What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do the same to you, and more so, if you hide a single word from me of all the words that He spoke to you!"

Now Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of his words fail.

So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked him for a king.

Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the LORD'S hearing.