Altar of the Reubenites.

24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, 1 In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

sun-set.

25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you; ye children of a De.11.23. Reuben, and children of Gad, ye b have Ps.44.2. no part in the LORD: So shall your chil-b Ne.2.20. dren make our children cease d from c Nu.33.53. fearing the LORD. diKi.12.27,28 26 Therefore we said, Let us now pre-e c.1.7. pare to build us an altar, not for burnt-f De.5.32. offering, nor for sacrifice: g De.7.2,3. 27 But that it may be a witness h between h ver.34. us and you, and our generations after us, i Ps. 16.4. that we might do the service of the LORD Hos.2.7. before I him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peaceofferings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.

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k Zep.1.4-6. De.12.5,&c. or, For if ye will cleave. m c.22.5. or, Then the Lord will drive, n Le.26.8. Ju.7.19-22.

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15.15. o Ex.25.40. Eze.43.10,11 p Ex.23.27,

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&c.

your souls. 9 Ge.44.7,17. 1Sa.12.23. 1Ki.21.3. Ro.3.6.

28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us, or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the patterno of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 God forbid q that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt-offerings, for meat-offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. 30 And when Phinehas the priest,and the princes of the congregation, & heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, r Ps.125.5. heard the words that the children of Reu- Is.1.4. ben, & the children of Gad, & the children Zep.1.6. of Manasseh, spake, it 6 pleased them. He.10.38,39. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 2Pe.2.20,21. priest said unto the children of Reuben, s 2Co.6.14. and to the children of Gad, and to the chil-t Ju.2.2,3. dren of Manasseh, This day we perceive u IKi.11.4. that the LORD is among x us, because ye v2Ki.17.22,23 nave not committed this trespass against 6 was good in the LORD:7 now ye have delivered the chiltheir eyes. dren of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. w c.21.45. 32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the x Le.26.11,12. priest, and the princes, returned from the Zec.8.23. children of Reuben, and from the children 1Co.14.25. of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the then. land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, y Le.26.14,&c and brought them word z again. De.28. 15,63. 33 And the thing pleased the children of z Pr.25.13. Israel; and the children of Israel a blessed alSa.25.32,33 God, and did not intend to go up against ICh.29.20. them in battle, to destroy the land where- Ne.8.6. in the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. Da.2.19. 34 And the children of Reuben, and the Ep.1.3. children of Gad, called the altar 8 Ed: 8 i. e. a witfor it shall be a witness between us that ness: So the LORD is God. c.24.27. b2Ki.24.20.

CHAP. XXIII.

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ΑΝ ND it came to pass a long time after c c.22.4. that the LORD had given rest c untold c.23.2. Israel from all their enemies round about, e c.13.1. that Joshua waxed old e and 9 stricken in 9 come into age. days.

2 And Joshua called ƒ for all Israel, and ƒ De.31.28. for their elders, and for their heads, and c.24.1. for their judges, and for their officers, 1Ch.28.1. and said unto them, I am old and strickeng 1Sa.10.19 in age: h Ge.11.26,

3 And ye have seen all that the LORD &c. your God hath done unto all these na-i Ps.44.3. tions because of you: for the LORD i your k Ge.12.1. God is he that hath fought for you. I c.13.6.7.

4 Behold, I have divided unto you byl

18.10.

Joshua's farewel

lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea 2 westward.

5 And the LORD your God, he a shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised cunto you.

6 Be ye therefore very courageous, e to keep & to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses,that fye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7 That g ye come not among these na tions, these that remain among you; nei ther make mention i of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweark by them,neither serve them,nor bowyourselves unto them: 8 3 But cleave m unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

9 4 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

10 One n man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as p he hath promised

you.

11 Take good heed therefore unto your selves, that ye love the LORD your God 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, r & cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages s with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more t drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares u and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off v this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your hearts, and in all your souls, w that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

15 Therefore it shall come to pass that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you y all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger b of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shali perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

CHAP. XXIV.

AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of

Israel to Shechem, and called d for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented g themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers h dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

3 And I tookk your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him

and exhortation.

De.2.5.

5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and Id Ge.46.1-7. plagued fEgypt, according to that which e Ps.116.16. I did among them and afterward I Lu.1.74,75. brought you out. f Ex.c.7to12. 6 And I brought your fathers out of g Mat.6.24. Egypt: and you came unto the sea: and h Le. 19.2. the Egyptians pursued after your fathers 1Sa.6.20. with chariots and horsemen unto the Is.6.3. Red sea.

i Ex.20.5. 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, k Ex.34.7. he put darkness between you and the Ex.14. Egyptians, and brought the sea upon m 1Ch.28.9. them, and covered them: and your eyes Ezr.8.22. have seen what I have done in Egypt: and Is.65.11,12. ye dwelt in the wilderness a long p season. n Eze.18.24. S And I brought you into the land of the o De.26.17. Amorites, which dwelt on the other side p c.5.6. Jordan; ands they fought with you: and q Ps.119.173. I gave them into your hand, that ye might r Ju.10.15,16. possess their land; and I destroyed them 1Sa.7.3. trom before you.

$Nu.21.21-35. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of t Pr.2.2. Moab, arose and warred against Israel, He.12.28,29. and sent v and called Balaam the son of u De.5.28,29. Beor to curse you: v Nu.22.5,&c. 10 But w I would not hearken unto Ba-w De.23.4. laam; therefore he blessed you still so Mi.6.5. I delivered you out of his hand.

11 And x ye went over Jordan, and came x c.3.14-17. unto Jericho and the men of z Jericho y Ju.9.6. fought against you, the Amorites, and the z c.6. Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the a De.32.1. Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, b Ex.23.28. and the Jebusites: and I delivered them De.7.20. into your hand.

c c.22.28,34.

De.18.13.

Jno.4.21.

12 And I sent the hornet b before you, d Ps.44.3,6. which drave them out from before you, e c.21.45. even the two kings of the Amorites; but f De. 6. 10-12, Dot d with thy sword, nor with thy bow. c.11.13. 13 And I have given e you a land for g 1Sa.12.24. which ye did not labour, and cities fh c.19.50. which ye built not, and ye dwell in Ge.17.1. them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not, do ye eat. 14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and 2Co.1.12. serve him in sincerity i and in truth: and Ep.6.24. put away k the gods which your fathersk Le.17.7. ryed on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose m you this day whom ye will serve; whether o the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but g as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Eze.20.18. 7 Ju.2.7. prolonged their days after. m Ru.1.15,16. 1K1.18.21. Jno.6.67. n De.11.2,7. o Eze.20.39. 16 And the people answered and said, p Ge.50.25. God forbid that we should forsake the Ex.13.19. LORD, to serve other gods; He.11.22.

17 For the LORD our God, he it is that q Ps. 101.2. brought us up, and our fathers, out of the 119.106. land of Egypt, from the house of bond-r Ge.33.19. age, and which did those great signs in 2 or, lambs.

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Jour sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among ali the people through whom we passed:

18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore e will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot g serve the LORD: for h he is an holy God; he is a jealous i God; he k will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If m ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after n that he hath done you good.

21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the LORD.

22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye o are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen q you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put r away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart t unto the LORD God of Israel.

24 And the people said u unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there y under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard a all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall c be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

28 So Joshua let the people depart every man unto his inheritance.

29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance / in Timnathi-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

31 And Israel 7 served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known n all the works of the LORD. that he had done for Israel.

32 And p the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem, for an hundred pieces of silver: and it become the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33 And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. 169

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CHAP. I.

NOW, after the death b of Joshua, it

B. C. 1425.

came to pass, that the children of Is- a ver.3. rael c asked the LORD, saying, Who shall b Jos.24.29. go up for us against the Canaanites first, c Nu.27.21. to fight against them?

c.20.18. 2 And the LORD said, Judah f shall gold No.21.3. up: behold, I have delivered the land e Jos.11.22. into his hand. f Ge.49.8,9. S And Judah said unto Simeon his bro-g ver.2. ther, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee i into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek n ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezck in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled: and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

2Ki.18.7. Ps.60.12. Ec.9.11. or, possessed the mountain. h Ex.14.7,&c. Jos.17.16. Ps.46.9. ver. 17. k Jos.14.9-14. Nu.14.24. De.1.36. m Jos.15.63.

i

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the thumbs of their hands and of their feet. Ge.28.19. or, gleaned.

7 And Adoni-zebeck said,Threescore and ten kings, having 2 their thumbs and n 1Sa.11.8. their great toes cut off, gathered 3 their o Ge.49.24. meat under my table: as r I have done, so ver.19. God hath requited me. And they brought p Jos.7.2. nim to Jerusalem, and there he died. 8 Now the children of Judah had t fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Ca- Le.24.19. naanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and 1Sa.15.33. n the south, and in the valley. Is.33.1. 10 And Judah went against the Ca- Mat.7.1,2. naanites that dwelt in x Hebron, (now the Ja.2.13. name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba,)s Jos.2.12. and they slew Sheshai, and Ahinian, and 1Sa.30.15. Talmai. t Jos.15.63. 11 And from thence he went against the u Jos.11.21. inhabitants of Debir; (and the name of v 2Ki.7.6. Debir before was Kirjath-sepher :) 4 or, low

12 And z Caleb said, He that smiteth country. Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will w Jos.17.11. I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

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z Jos.15.15,&c

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Ca-x Jos.15,13. leb's younger brother, took it: and he y Ro.7.21. gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to a Jos.16.10. kim, that she moved him to ask of her 1Ki.9.16. father a field and she lighted from off b Jos.19.15. her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What c Jos. 19.24-30 wilt thou?

15 And she said unto him, Give me ad Ge.33.11. blessing: d for thou hast given me a south IPe.3.9. land, give me also springs of water. And e c.4.11,17. Caleb gave her the upper springs and the Ch.2.55. nether springs. f Ps.106.35. 16 And the children of the e Kenite, Mo-g De.34.3. bes' father-in-law, went up out of the h Jos.19.32-39 g city of palm-trees with the children of i Nu.21.1. Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which k Nu.10.29bieth in the south of i Arad: and k they west and dwelt among the people. ¡ 1Sa.15.6.

32.

17 And Judah a went with Simeon is brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly da stroyed it: (And the name of the city was called Hormah.d)

18 Also Judah took Gaza e with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coa thereof, and Ekron with the coast therec

19 And the LORD g was with Judah, aid he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain, but could not drive out the i ahabitants of the valley, because they h.d chariots h of iron.

20 And they gave Hebron kunto Caleb, as Moses said: 7 and he expelled then.e the three sons of Anak.

21 And the children of Benjamin m did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusaler unto this day.

22 And the house of Joseph, they als went up against Beth-el: and the o LoR was with them.

23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry p Beth-el: (Now the name of the city before was Luz.q)

24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city; and they said unto him Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance inte the city, and we s will shew thee mercy 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

26 And the man went into the land of the v Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

27 Neither did Manasseh w drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach & her towns, nor the inhabi tants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabi tants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but theCanaanites would y dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ;a but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; b but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

31 Neither did Asher c drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 32 But the Asheriles dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did f not drive them out.

33 Neither did Naphtali h drive out in inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the in habitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants o

Eglon slain by Ehud.

Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

JUDGES, IV. B. C. 1394.

11.29.

10 And the Spir a of the LORD 1 came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went a c.6.34. out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of 3 Mesopo-1 was. tamia into his hand; and his hand pre-2 fat. vailed against Chushan-rishathaim. Ps. 17.10. 11 And the land had rest forty years: 3 Aram. and Othniel the son of Kenaz died. 12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the f city of palm-trees.

b c.5.6. c c.5.8. 15.15.

1Sa. 17.47 d So part is called Israel

c.4.1,3,&c.

It seems to concern only the country next to the Philistines. e c.2.19. fc.1.16.

14 So the children of Israel served h Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Ben-g 1Sa. 12.9. jamite, a man left-handed: 5 and by It seems to him the children of Israel sent a present concern only unto Eglon the king of Moab. North Israel. 16 But Ehud made him a dagger, which h De.28.48. had two edges, of a cubit length; and hei Jos. 11.1,10. did gird it under his raiment upon his k ver. 13,16. right thigh. or, the son of Jemini. shut of his right hand. c.1.19. m Ge.35.8. n Ps.73.7,19.

17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat n man.

18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 19 But himself turned again from the quarries 6 that o were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone: and Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.

22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade,

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or, graven images. o Jos.4.20. p Ex.14.4. q c.5.21. a parlour of cooling. Am.3.15.

so that he could not draw the dagger r ver.18-20. out of his belly; and 8 the dirt came 8 or, it came out. out at the 23 Then Ehud went forth through the fundament. porch, and shut the doors of the parlours c.5.18. upon hin, and locked them. t c.1.16. 24 When he was gone out, his servants u Nu.10.29. came; and when they saw that, behold, 9 or, doeth his the doors of the parlour were locked, they easernent. said, Surely he 9 covereth his feet in his 1Sa.24.3. summer chamber. v Zaanan

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25 And they tarried till they were nim. ashamed; and, behold, he opened not the Jos.19.33,37. doors of the parlour: therefore they took a gathered by key, and opened them: and, behold, their cry, or, prolord was fallen down dead on the earth. clamation. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tar w ver.19. ried, and passed beyond the quarries, wx c.6.34. and escaped unto Seirath. 1Sa.13.3.

27 And it came to pass, when he was y Jos.17.15. come, that he blew a trumpet in the z De.9.3. mountain y of Ephraim, and the children 2Sa.5.24. of Israel went down with him from the Ps.68.7.8. mount, and he before them. Is.52.12.

28 And he said unto them, Follow after a c.7.9,15. me; for the LORD hath delivered a your b Ps.83.9,10. enemies the Moabites into your hand. Jos.10.10. And they went down after hiin, and took c He 11.32.

Israel enslaved by Jabin. the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all 2 lusty, and all men oflour; and there escaped not

a man.

30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

31 And after him was Shamgarb the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with c an ox-goad: and he also delivered Israel. d CHAP. IV

AND the children of Israel again e did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

2 And the LORD sold g them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth A of the Gentiles.

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD; for he had nine hundred cha riots lof iron: and twenty years he might ily oppressed the children of Israel.

4 And Deborah a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah, m between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6 And she sent and called Barak, the son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go, and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

7 And I p will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, g Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. r And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 And s Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

1 Now Heber the Kenite, t which was of the children of Hobab, u the father-inlaw of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, v which is by Kedesh. 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

13 And Sisera 1 gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: z is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

15 And the LORD b discomfited Sisera,and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword, before Barak: c so that