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IN APPOINTING THE CITIES OF RE

FUGE.

JOSHUA XX. 1-6.

The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. of blood. And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. them. And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that

shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

IN DELIVERING ALL THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL INTO THEIR HANDS, AND GIVING THEM REST.

JOSHUA XXi. 43-45.

And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. There failed not ought of

any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

IN REQUITING THE CRUELTY OF ADO

NI-BEZEK,

JUDGES i. 5-7.

But

And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. Adoni-bezek: fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me.

IN REBUKING THE PEOPLE OF BOCHIM.

JUDGES ii. 1—4.

And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land;

ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this ? Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice,

and wept.

THEIR GRATEFUL MEMORIAL.

JUDGES ii. 5.

And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

THE LORD'S GRACIOUS APPEARANCE TO GIDEON, WHEN THRESHING WHEAT, TO HIDE IT FROM THE MIDIANITES.

JUDGES Vi. 12—23.

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. And

Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt, but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of

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