²¹ But Jael,^(A) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,^(B) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.^(C)

¹⁸ When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.^(A)

¹⁶ and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,^(A) by which he put to death their hostility.

⁴⁴ Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised^(A) him,

⁴ “Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath^[a](A) and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks.”

Salvation for Others

56 This is what the Lord says: