Burnt offerings XXII

 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day,

that he did it by night.

And when the men of the city arose early in the morning,

behold,

the altar of Baal was cast down,

and the grove was cut down that was by it,

and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

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And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand,

and a thousand out of ten thousand,

to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,

saying,

What wickedness is this that is done among you?

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But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not:

for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.

So he forbare,

and slew them not among their brethren.

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And he took ten men of the elders of the city,

and said,

Sit ye down here.

And they sat down.

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Again,

the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found,

he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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And he said unto the kinsman,

Naomi,

that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:

And I thought to advertise thee,

saying,

Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it,

then tell me,

that I may know:

for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am - after thee.

And he said,

I will redeem it.

Then said Boaz,

What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess,  the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

ISamuel