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18 Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them,

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18 he said, “Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it.

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66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.(A)

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66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal(A) on the stone(B) and posting the guard.(C)

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The Destruction of Israel

I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:

Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake
    and shatter them on the heads of all the people,[b]
and those who are left I will kill with the sword;
    not one of them shall flee away,
    not one of them shall escape.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.1 Or on
  2. 9.1 Heb all of them

Israel to Be Destroyed

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.(B)

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19     as if someone fled from a lion
    and was met by a bear
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall
    and was bitten by a snake.(A)

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)

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30 that the wicked are spared in the day of calamity
    and are rescued in the day of wrath?(A)

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30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,(A)
    that they are delivered from[a] the day of wrath?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to

22 Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me from the cave.”(A)

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22 Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”

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46 When all the lords of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the temple of El-berith.(A) 47 Abimelech was told that all the lords of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 So Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the troops who were with him. Abimelech took an ax in his hand, cut down a bundle of brushwood, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the troops with him, “What you have seen me do, do quickly, as I have done.”(B) 49 So every one of the troops cut down a bundle and following Abimelech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.

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46 On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple(A) of El-Berith. 47 When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there, 48 he and all his men went up Mount Zalmon.(B) He took an ax and cut off some branches, which he lifted to his shoulders. He ordered the men with him, “Quick! Do what you have seen me do!” 49 So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire with the people still inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.

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