Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">The mountains trembled<n id="1" /> before the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of Sinai;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">before the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.p>

The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger said to him, &#8220;You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Then the <sc>Lordsc> himself<n id="1" /> turned to him and said, &#8220;You have the strength.<n id="2" /> Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites!<n id="3" /> Have I not sent you?&#8221;

He said, &#8220;You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, &#8216;What do you want?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

Among this army<n id="1" /> were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers.<n id="2" /> Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.<n id="3" />

The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.<n id="1" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Gideon again, &#8220;There are still too many men.<n id="1" /> Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more.<n id="2" /> When I say, &#8216;This one should go with you,&#8217; pick him to go;<n id="3" /> when I say,<n id="4" /> &#8216;This one should not go with you,&#8217; do not take him.&#8221;<n id="5" />

Deborah said to Barak, &#8220;Spring into action,<n id="1" /> for this is the day the <sc>Lordsc> is handing Sisera over to you!<n id="2" /> Has the <sc>Lordsc> not taken the lead?&#8221;<n id="3" /> Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Zebul said to him, &#8220;Where now are your bragging words,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?&#8217; Are these not the men<n id="2" /> you insulted?<n id="3" /> Go out now and fight them!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">She said to him, &#8220;How can you say, &#8216;I love you,&#8217; when you will not share your secret with me?<n id="1" /> Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.&#8221;