text:
Cross-References Between The Bible And The Urantia Book
Note: References following Bible verses (KJV) provide links to Paper:Section.Paragraph of related material in The Urantia Book.
C = "Compare" — One book relates matter which, although not the same as the other, is significant to reinforce, modify, or contradict the other.
R = "Refer" — One book quotes from, or refers to an incident contained in the other.
S = "Same" — Both books recite the same incident.
Chapter 1
- Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel
asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first,
to fight against them?
- And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land
into his hand.
- And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that
we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into
thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
- And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites
into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
- And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they
slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
- But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut
off his thumbs and his great toes.
- And Adonibezek 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. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
- Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it,
and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites,
that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
- And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name
of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and
- And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir;and the name
of Debir before was Kirjathsepher;
- And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will
I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
- And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
- And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of
her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto
her, What wilt thou?
- And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south
land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs
and the nether springs.
- And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the
city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah,
which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
- And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that
inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was
called Hormah.
- Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast
thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
- And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain;
but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots
of iron.
- And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence
the three sons of Anak.
- And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited
Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem
unto this day.
- And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD
was with them.
- And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city
before was Luz.)
- And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto
him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee
- And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city
with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
- And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called
the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
- Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns,
nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the
inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her
towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
- And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites
to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
- Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the
Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
- Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants
of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
- Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants
of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of
- But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land:
for they did not drive them out.
- Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the
inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath
became tributaries unto them.
- And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they
would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
- But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim:
yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
- And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
Chapter 2
- 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
- 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.
- And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there
unto the LORD.
- And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every
man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
- And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the
LORD, that he did for Israel.
- And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred
and ten years old.
- And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in
the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
- And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there
arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the
works which he had done for Israel.
- And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served
- And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out
of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that
were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD
to anger.
Chapter 3
- Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them,
even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
- Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach
them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
- Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the
Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon
unto the entering in of Hamath.
- And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken
unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the
hand of Moses.
- And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites,
and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
Chapter 4
- And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when
Ehud was dead.
- And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned
in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of
the Gentiles.
- And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred
chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
- And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that
- And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in
mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali,
and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and
draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children
of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
- And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's
army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine
- And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if
thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
- And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that
thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera
into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
- And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten
thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Chapter 5
- Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
- Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly
offered themselves.
- Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the
LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
- LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field
of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped
- The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before
the LORD God of Israel.
- In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways
were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
- The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that
I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
- They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear
seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly
among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
- Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by
the way.
- They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing
water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the
righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall
the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
- Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead
thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
- Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the
people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
- Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin,
among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they
that handle the pen of the writer.
- And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also
Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there
were great thoughts of heart.
- Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks?
For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
- Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued
on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
- Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the
death in the high places of the field.
- The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by
the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
- The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon.
O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
- Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings
of their mighty ones.
- Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants
thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the
LORD against the mighty.
- Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed
shall she be above women in the tent.
- He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly
- She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer;
and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had
pierced and stricken through his temples.
- At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell:
where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
- The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice,
Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
- Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
- Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel
or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework,
of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them
that take the spoil?
- So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Chapter 6
- And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD
delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites
the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and
caves, and strong holds.
- And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the
Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
- And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth,
till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep,
nor ox, nor ass.
- For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers
for multitude; for both they and their camels were without numbeR: and they
entered into the land to destroy it.
- And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the
children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
- And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because
of the Midianites,
- That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto
them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and
brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
- And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand
of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you
their land;
- And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
- And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in
Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed
wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
- 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
- And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah
of flouR: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and
brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
- And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes,
and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
Chapter 7
- Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose
up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites
were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
- And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many
for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves
against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
- Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever
is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.
And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained
ten thousand.
- And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them
down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be,
that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with
thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the
same shall not go.
- So he brought down the people unto the water: and
the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue,
as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that
boweth down upon his knees to drink.
- And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth,
were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their
knees to drink water.
- And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will
I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other
people go every man unto his place.
- So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent
all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred
men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
- And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise,
get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
- But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the
- And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened
to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the
outside of the armed men that were in the host.
- And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east
lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels
were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
- And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto
his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley
bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it
that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
- And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of
Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered
Midian, and all the host.
- And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation
thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said,
Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
- And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a
trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
- And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I
come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
- When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the
trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD,
and of Gideon.
- So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside
of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set
the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in
their hands.
- And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and
held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands
to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
- And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the
host ran, and cried, and fled.
- And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword
against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah
in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
- And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and
out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
- And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down
against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and
Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took
the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
- And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Chapter 8
- And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that
thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And
they did chide with him sharply.
- And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not
the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
- God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb:
and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated
toward him, when he had said that.
- And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men
that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
- And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread
unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after
Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
- And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now
in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
- And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna
into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness
and with briers.
- And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the
men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
- And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in
peace, I will break down this tower.
- Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about
fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children
of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
- And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of
Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
- And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two
kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
- And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
- And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and
he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even
threescore and seventeen men.
- And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna,
with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now
in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
- And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers,
and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
- Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom
ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled
the children of a king.
- And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as
the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
- And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth
drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
- Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man
is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and
took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
- Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou,
and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand
of Midian.
- And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son
rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
- And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would
give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings,
because they were Ishmaelites.)
- And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment,
and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
- And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand
and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple
raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about
their camels' necks.
- And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah:
and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare
unto Gideon, and to his house.
- Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted
up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the
days of Gideon.
- And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
- And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had
many wives.
- And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name
he called Abimelech.
- And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the
sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel
turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
- And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered
them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
- Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Chapter 9
- And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren,
and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's
father, saying,
- Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better
for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten
persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I
am your bone and your flesh.
- And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem
all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said,
He is our brother.
- And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house
of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed
- And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the
sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding
yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
- And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo,
and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in
- And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount
Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto
me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
- The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said
unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
- But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith
by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
- And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
- But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my
good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
- Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
- And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God
and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
- Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
- And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over
you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come
out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Chapter 10
- And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah,
the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
- And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in
- And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two
- And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty
cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of
- And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
- And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and
served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon,
and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods
of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
Chapter 11
- Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son
of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
- And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they
thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's
house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
- Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and
there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
- And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made
war against Israel.
- And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel,
the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
- And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight
with the children of Ammon.
- And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel
me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in
- And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to
thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon,
and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
- And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again
to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me,
shall I be your head?
- And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between
us, if we do not so according to thy words.
- Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head
and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD
in Mizpeh.
- And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying,
What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my
- And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah,
Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon
even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again
- And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
- And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of
Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
- But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto
the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
- Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray
thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto.
And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent:
and Israel abode in Kadesh.
- Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of
Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab,
and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of
Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
- And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of
Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy
land into my place.
- But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered
all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
- And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the
hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the
Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Chapter 12
- And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward,
and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the
children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine
house upon thee with fire.
- And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with
the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their
- And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and
passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into
my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against
- Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with
Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites
are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
- And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites:
and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me
go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If
he said, Nay;
- Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for
he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him
at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites
forty and two thousand.
- And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite,
and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
- And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
- And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and
took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven
- Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
- And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten
- And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country
of Zebulun.
- And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
- And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten
ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
- And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
Chapter 13
- And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and
the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
- And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose
name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold
now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a
- Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink,
and eat not any unclean thing:
- For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on
his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he
shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Chapter 14
- And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters
of the Philistines.
- And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen
a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get
her for me to wife.
- Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among
the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to
take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father,
Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
- But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he
sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines
had dominion over Israel.
- Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came
to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
- And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he
would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his
father or his mother what he had done.
- And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
- And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the
carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the
carcase of the lion.
- And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father
and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that
he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
- So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast;
for so used the young men to do.
- And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions
to be with him.
- And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye
can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it
out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
- But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and
thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that
we may hear it.
- And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the
strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the
- And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife,
Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee
and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have?
is it not so?
- And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and
lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people,
and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it
my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
- And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it
came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon
him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
- And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun
went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and
he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out
my riddle.
- And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon,
and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments
unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went
up to his father's house.
- But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
Chapter 15
- But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest,
that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife
into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
- And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her;
therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than
she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
- And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the
Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
- And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and
turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
- And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing
corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing
corn, with the vineyards and olives.
- Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson,
the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her
to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father
with fire.
- And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged
of you, and after that I will cease.
- And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down
and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
- Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves
in Lehi.
- And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered,
To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
- Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and
said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us?
what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did
unto me, so have I done unto them.
- And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver
thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto
me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
- And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver
thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him
with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
- And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the
Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his
arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off
his hands.
- And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took
it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
- And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the
jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
- And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast
away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
- And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given
this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for
thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
- But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water
thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore
he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
- And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Chapter 16
- Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
- And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed
him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were
quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill
- And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors
of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and
all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an
hill that is before Hebron.
- And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek,
whose name was Delilah.
- And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice
him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail
against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every
one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
- And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength
lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
- And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were
never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
- Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which
had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
- Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And
she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the
withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength
was not known.
- And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me
lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
- And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were
occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
- Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto
him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding
in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
- And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me
lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou
weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
- And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be
upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the
pin of the beam, and with the web.
- And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart
is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me
wherein thy great strength lieth.
- And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged
him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
- That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come
a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's
womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become
weak, and be like any other man.
- And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called
for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed
me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and
brought money in their hand.
- And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she
caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict
him, and his strength went from him.
- And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of
his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself.
And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
- But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down
to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison
- Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
- Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a
great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god
hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
- And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our
god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country,
which slew many of us.
- And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call
for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the
prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
- And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that
I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon
- Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines
were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women,
that beheld while Samson made sport.
- And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray
thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be
at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
- And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood,
and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other
with his left.
- And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself
with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people
that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they
which he slew in his life.
- Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Chapter 17
- And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that
were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine
ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed
be thou of the LORD, my son.
- And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother,
his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand
for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will
restore it unto thee.
- Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred
shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven
image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
- And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim,
and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
- In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which
was right in his own eyes.
- And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah,
who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where
he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah,
as he journeyed.
- And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am
a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
- And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest,
and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel,
and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
- And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was
unto him as one of his sons.
- And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest,
and was in the house of Micah.
- Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
Chapter 18
- In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe
of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all
their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
- And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts,
men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search
it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount
Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
- When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young
man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought
thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
- And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired
me, and I am his priest.
- And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may
know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
- And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way
wherein ye go.
- Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that
were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians,
quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put
them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had
no business with any man.
- And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren
said unto them, What say ye?
- And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen
the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful
to go, and to enter to possess the land.
- When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for
God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing
that is in the earth.
- And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and
out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
- And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they
called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.
- And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
- Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and
said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod,
and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider
what ye have to do.
- And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the
Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
- And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were
of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
- And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither,
and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten
image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred
men that were appointed with weapons of war.
- And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod,
and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What
do ye?
- And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth,
and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee
to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a
tribe and a family in Israel?
- And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim,
and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
- So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and
the carriage before them.
- And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were
in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the
children of Dan.
- And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and
said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
- And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and
ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto
me, What aileth thee?
- And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among
us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives
of thy household.
- And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were
too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
- And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he
had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and
they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
- And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had
no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob.
And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
- And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father,
who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
- And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son
of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe
of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
- And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Chapter 19
- And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that
there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took
to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
- And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him
unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
- And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her,
and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses:
and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel
saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
- And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode
with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
- And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning,
that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law,
Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
- And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them togetheR: for the
damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry
all night, and let thine heart be merry.
- And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore
he lodged there again.
- And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's
father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon,
and they did eat both of them.
- And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant,
his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day
draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth
to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you
early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
- But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and
came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses
saddled, his concubine also was with him.
- And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said
unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the
Jebusites, and lodge in it.
- And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city
of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to
- And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these
places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
- And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them
when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
- And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when
he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man
that took them into his house to lodging.
- And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even,
which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of
the place were Benjamites.
- And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street
of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
- And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side
of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am
now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me
to house.
- Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread
and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is
with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
- And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie
upon me; only lodge not in the street.
- So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and
they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
- Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door,
and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the
man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
- And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto
them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this
man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
- Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring
out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you:
but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
- But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and
brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night
until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
- Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door
of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
- And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house,
and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen
down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
- And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then
the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his
- And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on
his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces,
and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
- And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
Chapter 20
- Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered
together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead,
unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
- And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented
themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen
that drew sword.
- (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone
up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
- And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said,
I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
- And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about
upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they
forced, that she is dead.
- And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout
all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness
and folly in Israel.
- Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
- And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to
his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
- But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go
up by lot against it;
- 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?
- Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in
Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But
the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren
the children of Israel.
- But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities
unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
- And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities
twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah,
which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
- Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every
one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
- And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand
men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
- And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and
asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle
against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
- And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against
- And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men
of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
- And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down
to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
- And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle
again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
- (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even,
and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against
the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
- And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the
second day.
- And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and
destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand
men; all these drew the sword.
- Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came
unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted
that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before
the LORD.
- And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant
of God was there in those days,
- And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in
those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children
of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to
morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
- And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
- And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on
the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn
away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at
other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and
the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
- And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as
at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them
from the city unto the highways.
- And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves
in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel
came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
- And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel,
and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
- And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed
of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all
these drew the sword.
- So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of
Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in
wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
- And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in
wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
- Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers
in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the
- And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite
and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely
they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
- But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke,
the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended
up to heaven.
- And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed:
for they saw that evil was come upon them.
- Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way
of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of
the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
- Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode
them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
- And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of
- And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon:
and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard
after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
- So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand
men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
- But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon,
and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
- And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Chapter 21
- Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any
of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
- And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before
God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
- And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that
there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
- And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built
there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
- And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel
that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a
great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying,
He shall surely be put to death.
- And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and
said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
- How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by
the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
- And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not
up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead
to the assembly.
- For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants
of Jabeshgilead there.
- And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest,
and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with
the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.


text:
Your emotions betray you!!!
Your emotions betray you. I've pondered this meaning for some time now, and have taken this wisdom from it. In the movie when Darth Vader says " your emotions or your thoughts betray you" he means to say that luke is giving away his position by having such strong emotion.
Applied in our lives I believe Darth gives us wisdom to live by When we are overcome with strong emotion our feeling turn into actions that very often undermine our end goals. For example When we are angry or sad our simple emotion; unchecked turns into action we often later regret.
conversely; I am taught to belive that it is threw my emotion that I will know the truthfulness of things.
Another point Eckhart Tolle brings up is "ego" you don't tell your heart to beat do you? it just does it. its involuntary. you gut performs digestion on its own. Like wise you brain thinks all day. your brain is very often evolved in a conversation with it self. We think this is who we are. The dialogue in our brain that is. But that is not who we are. That is ego. Don't let the on going thoughts and dialogue going on in you head undermine your goals.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Whitehorse Operations Centre
Yukon Territory
2016 - ongoing
In association with Kobayashi + Zedda Architects
RDHA's first project in Canada's north, this 8,900 sqm facility will achieve energy efficiency 80% better than the Model National Energy Code Building for this building type. It uses an insulated metal panel cladding system and capless triple glazing to achieve high effective insulating values, while concentrating glazed openings in those areas with the greatest solar exposure to encourage passive heating. The roof will feature the largest PV array in the north.
The building comprises an administrative wing and an operations wing, joined by a narrow zone that accommodates a lunch room and change facilities that are shared between the staff in the two areas. The plan parti was conceived to facilitate multiple future expansion scenarios, including additional office, workshop or vehicle storage bays.


text:
Write better WordPress Themes and Plugins
Learn well tested and proven techniques to improve the quality of your WordPress code
Have you ever felt slowed down by bad code but didn't have the time to fix it? Have you ever hesitated to clean up badly written code because you're afraid it might break? Ever came back to a WordPress project a few months later just to realize you don't understand how your own code works?
Did you ever ask yourself what to do about it and how to get started. Preferably yesterday!
To create better code, there are lots of tools around like PHPUnit, PHP Mess detector, WP_Mock and Travis-CI that can help us out. There are also numerous of principles,rules of thumbs and metrics to understand.
But it turns out that the first few steps into the world writing good clean and testable software are hard. This book is dedicated to give You a helping hand to get started with writing high quality, testable and reusable code with a clear focus on WordPress.
In this book, I take well known concepts of software engineering and put them in a WordPress context with real world examples to show you:
- How to write testable PHP code for WordPress
- How to use tools and libraries like PHPUnit and WP_Mock to test your code
- How use static code analysis tools like PHP CodeSniffer to improve your code
- How to use quality metrics like the CRAP index to find code that needs improvement
- Examples of how to use PHPUnit and WP_Mock in real world WordPress plugins
- How to setup your WordPress project in a Continuous Integration tool like Travis-CI
Yes! Send updates about this book to my email!
As this book takes form, we'll be sending out updates, early bird specials and sample chapters along the way. Submit your email address below to stay in the_loop.
About the author
Hi, I'm @eriktorsner, full time developer for 20(!) years. The past 4-5 years with a solid focus on the WordPress eco system.Creator of wp-checksum and Integrity Checker. I've written about software testing for Load Impact and Rackspace and about WordPress here at WordPress Essentials.


text:
Police were looking for a bank robber when they arrested Charles Belk on Friday night. The profile of the suspect was tall, black, and bald. And so is Belk. They were both wearing green shirts. That's all the information they had. And that's all the information they deemed necessary to hold Belk for six hours late Friday night, according to the accounts of Belk and his lawyer.
"It's one of those things that you hear about, but never think it would happen to you," Belk said in a Facebook post, highlighted by Crooks and Liars. Belk continues in the post:
Within seconds, I was detained and told to sit on the curb of the very busy street, during rush hour traffic.
Within minutes, I was surrounded by 6 police cars, handcuffed very tightly, fully searched for weapons, and placed back on the curb.
Within an hour, I was transported to the Beverly Hills Police Headquarters, photographed, finger printed and put under a $100,000 bail and accused of armed bank robbery and accessory to robbery of a Citibank.
Within an evening, I was wrongly arrested, locked up, denied a phone call, denied explanation of charges against me, denied ever being read my rights, denied being able to speak to my lawyer for a lengthy time, and denied being told that my car had been impounded…..All because I was mis-indentified as the wrong "tall, bald head, black male," … "fitting the description."
Belk is a well-connected film and television producer who was en route to an Emmy pre-party later that night. He notes that he "gets" the cops who cuffed him that night didn't know he was an "award nominated and awarding winning business professional," that he had been at "one of the finest hotels in their city," just an hour earlier, and that he was a "well educated American citizen." "What I don't get………WHAT I DON"T GET," he writes. "is, why, during the 45 minutes that they had me on the curb, handcuffed in the sun, before they locked me up and took away my civil rights, that they could not simply review the ATM and bank's HD video footage to clearly see that the "tall, bald headed, black male"… did not fit MY description."
Once Belk was eventually permitted to make a phone call, he used his connections to find criminal defense lawyer Jaaye Person-Lynn, who left a wedding to come retrieve him late Friday night. When Person-Lynn got there, Belk was being held on $100,000 bail. Person-Lynn said he was there for an hour before he was able to see Belk. For 40 minutes, officers disputed that Belk had actually requested a lawyer and rejected requests to see him.
Person-Lynn said he had assumed before he arrived that for police to hold Belk that long, they must have had some sort of additional evidence that he committed the crime than his matching description. "I gave the cops the benefit of the doubt at that moment," he said. "But unfortunately it didn't end up that way." It's common knowledge among law enforcement that all banks have surveillance video cameras. And they never even consulted the recording until after Person-Lynn showed up to represent Belk. Once they watched the tape, it became immediately clear that the actual suspect didn't look much like Belk and they released him.
It was midnight when Belk was finally released. But Person-Lynn said many other individuals who found themselves in Belk's situation without his resources would likely have been detained at least until Monday, when a district attorney would have been able to ask him some questions and more defense lawyers were back at work.
Belk also imagined that his arrest could have been worse: he almost ran to his car to check his parking meter, but slowed to a walk when he received a text.
"[I]f it wasn't for a text message that I was responding to, I would have actually been running up LaCienega Blvd when the first Beverly Hills Police Officer approached me. Running!" he wrote.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, another prominent black man, recounted a story of being stopped by police in another tony neighborhood, Georgetown in Washington, D.C., when he was running to get to a movie in time and police flashed their vehicle lights as they yelled "Where are you going? Hold it!"
"I am the Attorney General of the United States. But I am also a black man," Holder said last week in a visit to Ferguson, Missouri, where he recalled the stop again. Speaking of several other incidents in which he was pulled over the highway and had his car searched, he said, "I remember how humiliating that was and how angry I was and the impact it had on me."
In Belk's case, Person-Lynn didn't fault the officers for stopping Belk initially, given that he fit the description of what they were looking for. It's the "overreaction" that followed — and it's overreaction that he says is epidemic against black men.
"They need to do their due diligence in determining that I either am or am not the person they are looking for," he said. "It's worth a few minutes. Stand on the curb while they review the surveillance tape. I don't think it should have lasted ten minutes. But six hours is ridiculous to take a man's liberty away when it's something so clear that he was not involved." He added, "Whoever really did it got a six-hour lead."
A representative for the Beverly Hills Police Department did not issue a planned statement before press time.
The police department issued a statement expressing "regret" for inconveniencing Belk but defending the investigation as "absolutely necessary." "The Beverly Hills Police Department deeply regrets the inconvenience to Mr. Belk and has reached out to him to express those regrets and further explain the circumstances. However, based on witness accounts, and his location close to the bank, officers properly detained and arrested him based on the totality of the circumstances known at the time of the field investigation," the release states. Police arrested another suspect in the case, a woman thought to be the "Purse Packing Bandit" linked to several bank robberies, but the release said she was "most likely working with a man who was distracting the other bank employees while the robbery was carried out." Police have not identified another suspect.


text:
Why Traveling Matters.
New experiences help shape us—and not just emotionally. When we experience something new, our brains form new neural synapses. This is especially true for kids, but research shows it happens for adults too, albeit to a lesser degree.
Synapses are the connections with which our neurons communicate, and better connected brains make for higher functioning brains. As children grow, the building of synapses is in full swing. It peaks into the teenage years, which is then followed by synaptic pruning into the 20s. During this latter process, frequently-used synapses are retained, but weak synapses are pruned. This emphasizes the need to not only provide a rich environment for children, but to continue to enrich our daily lives into our adult years. This is why we are often suggested to vary our daily routines to prevent age-related cognitive impairment and memory loss.
So how do we provide new experiences for our kids and for ourselves? How do we enrich our environment? How do we promote mental stimulation?
There are really so many options. Take a different route to school/work, do puzzles, play games, cook new recipes, read books of different genres, make new friends, eat with your non-dominant hand, try a new sport, take music lessons, learn a new language...and travel!
Traveling is the mother of new experiences. It provides new sights, new sounds, new flavors, new challenges, and possibly new relationships! And it doesn't have to be expensive and grand to be effective. You don't have to spend thousands of dollars on an exotic vacation package, although those are fun too! Pack a lunch and hop on over to the next town. Try a new park. A new hiking trail. A new beach.
Just try something new. Have an adventure and keep all those hard-earned synapses strong!


text:
The Fountain of the Seahorses Waterworks Dr. Philadelphia, PA Copyright 2017, Bob Bruhin. All rights reserved. (prints via bruhin.us/S6)
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Name *
Email *
Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
Notify me of new posts by email.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.


text:
What do I do? Well, it's complicated.
"What do you do?"
An innocuous question, and a simple one I get whenever I happen to be standing around at a party trying not to look like an introvert. But for me, it requires a complicated answer that reminds me of the "Hey, Mon" skits on the old Fox hit In Living Color. Complicated, because:
A) I wear many hats, often a few at a time, both professional and personal, and ONE JOB never seems like enough.
B) Even my own mother isn't 100% sure what I do.
C) I secretly wish I was as funny as Damon Wayans.
One thing's for sure. I'm never bored. But a recent Facebook conversation with my dear friend and classmate Toni of Purple Crayon Design got me thinking, so, here we go:
I'm a writer. First and foremost, that's how I define myself. I write. For work. For friends. For fun. What do I write? TV spots. Ads. Radio spots. Proposals. Annual reports. Banners. Websites. White papers. Articles. Case studies. Product names. Corporate mission statements. Infographics. Blogs. Tweets. Facebook pages. Wedding invitations. Birth announcements. Even resumes and cover letters. I make the complicated simple, I make the boring fun, and I write a lot.
I'm a copywriter. This is a bit more industry specific to marketing communications and advertising, but pretty much the same as above.
I'm a communications expert. Even when the media changes, the ideas behind mass communication don't. So, I've evolved my skill set over the years from, say, journalistic prose and direct mail to SEO and social media.
I'm a marketer. I was fortunate enough to complete a dual-degree program in both Marketing Management and Advertising, so I help a lot of clients out with the creative AND business side of things.
I'm a "designer." I put this in quotes out of respect to the many talented designers and art directors I work with. I do t-shirts, logos, and I can work a layout with the best of 'em. But I'm still more comfortable in Microsoft Word than I am in Adobe Illustrator.
I'm a creative consultant. Take the above, add 20+ years' experience in agencies and marketing departments, with a dash of design know-how, and yes, I can totally advise you on how to get your idea out of your head and out to your audience.
I'm a creative director. Sometimes, my clients don't even need me to write. They need me to help guide a project, lead a team, and provide creative insight.
I'm a freelancer. At least to many of my clients who need copywriting or light design work done, and either won't or can't hire a full-time creative. While the term itself implies that that it's my second job or side gig (it's NOT), it's easier to work with the semantics I'm given. Which reminds me…
One time at a baseball practice, another coach asked my 9-year-old son what I did for a living.
"My dad's a freeloader."
I'm an entrepreneur. I run my own business. I'm my own boss. And it's scary as hell, but I love it.
I'm an independent contractor. This one, while a bit more…stiff, if much more accurate. Like Liam Neeson, I have a particular set of skills – the kind that a client might need for a very short, defined period. These engagements often take advantage of a number of my skills, from strategy to execution.
I'm a content creator. It's what the kids call copywriters (or any creative type) these days.
I'm also a husband, stay-at-home-dad, big brother, son, uncle, Little League board member, Yankees fan, Syracuse alum, sci-fi geek, comic book guy, and most recently, a retro Nike shoe addict. So, short story long, I DO A LOT.
Usually by this point, the person who asked me this simple question at a party has long since walked away, and I'm left talking to myself, again.
I should write about this.
©2017 by Kwame DeRoché


text:
One of the things I want to be sure to do as a homeschooler is to keep my kids plugged into what's happening to the world at large. Are there any great current events resources you recommend?
You're wise to introduce current events early in your homeschool. Students who participate in elementary and middle school current events classes are more than twice as likely as their non-news-informed friends to follow politics and world news as teens and young adults. Finding the right resources is just part of the plan, though. To really engage kids in current events, you need to find opportunities for them to interact with the news, says Thomas Turner, Ph.D., a professor of education at Tennessee State University. Let your student come up with opening and closing arguments for a controversial news case, engage in family debates, or put together your own newscast of the week's most important stories. Older kids can follow a story across different media to see how the news changes depending on the outlet and whether it's in a newspaper, magazine, or television broadcast. You can certainly use your regular newspaper and nightly news programs to study current events, but if you're looking for a kid-friendly introduction to the news, these resources (most of which take summers off) fit the bill:
CNN Student News :: A 10-minute daily newscast covers the day's top stories. Maps, background-information articles, and discussion questions help put the news in context.
Student News Daily :: Thoughtful discussion questions help kids make sense of the day's news. This is a good resource for introducing the idea of media bias and helping students recognize bias in reporting.
PBS NewsHour Extra :: Get current news stories organized by subject. Smartly compiled lesson plans help kids build an understanding of how news affects history, geography, society, and more.
Scholastic News :: Age- appropriate current events are pulled from Scholastic's print magazines.
Time for Kids :: The pop culture vibe of this magazine-related news website may appeal to news-reluctant tweens.
The New York Times Learning Network :: In-depth analysis of recent news stories teaches kids how to approach news. The site also taps into the Times' extensive archives to illuminate historical events.
Tween Tribune :: The editors of this middle school news resource have a knack for choosing news stories that appeal to younger readers.
Originally published in the summer 2014 issue of home/school/life magazine. Do you have a question about homeschooling? Email us, and we'll try to help you find an answer. Questions may be published in future issues of home/school/life.


text:
Posts are strapped & ready for transport. Bundles of approx. 150 posts per bundle.
Gripfast - $4 + GST Vine Stakes - $3 + GST
Due to our movements and availability we post these adds as a reference only to find out availability contact Tony on the web site leave you requirement and he will contact you.


text:
Schlafly Pumpkin Ale
- Style: Vegetable Ale
- Bitterness: 16 IBU
- Malts: 2-Row and Crystal malted barley, Munich malt, wheat malt, chocolate malt
- Hops: Marynka
- Special Ingredients: Brewed with pumpkin squash and a blend of spices
- Sampled: 12 oz. bottle
- Full Disclosure: Sample provided by brewery
Unfortunately, Schlafly beers are not available in Oregon. Schlafly distributes within a 300 mile radius of St. Louis. Hmmm—I have a buddy in St. Louis. I wonder if he'd like to send me a mixed pack of Schlafly beers for Christmas...
Have you tried Schlafly Pumpkin Ale? If you're a Schlafly fan, what are your favorites?


text:
Obama Calls Benghazi A Wild Conspiracy Theory. Benghazi Hero Levels Him.
Former President Barack Obama suggested on Friday that outrage over the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi — which resulted in the deaths of four Americans — was a result of "wild conspiracy theories."
Obama, trying to help the Democrats in the 2018 midterms, attacked President Donald Trump while speaking at the University of Illinois where he accepted the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government.
"But over the past few decades, the politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the Republican party," Obama said.
Obama then attacked Republican members of Congress, accusing them of embracing "wild conspiracy theories like those surrounding Benghazi."
Shortly after Obama made his remarks, Kris Paronto, a former Army Ranger who was a private security contractor working for the CIA at the CIA annex in Benghazi, slammed Obama.
Paronto, who is credited with saving approximately 20 people during the attack, wrote on Twitter:
Note: This article has been revised for clarity.


text:
Driving by
I read a BBC article today 'Driven to his death: Mystery of motorcyclist body on M4' about a motorcyclist who was killed by a man later convicted of causing death by dangerous driving and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
What struck me in particular was one paragraph in which it was reported that a couple had seen the motorcycle "spinning clockwise on its side in the near distance." The woman passenger "screamed at her husband who swerves to avoid it, the bike still spinning as they pass." There is no suggestion that this couple reported the incident to the police.
The article does state, earlier in the piece, that a member of the public called the police saying "There's a motorbike right against the central reservation… It's actually on the floor. But there's no sign of the driver." The inference I draw, perhaps wrongly, is that the couple did not report the incident. It was Christmas Day, a little before 6pm. It is, unfortunately, likely that they decided not to call the police, perhaps because the driver thought he might be over the limit; or more likely because they decided that it was not their problem and did not want to 'get involved'.
Compromise and compromised
Compromise is essential if disputes are to be resolved and allows business and personal relationships to continue in one form or another, or to have closure. Another use of 'compromised' is to "reduce the quality, value, or degree of something, such as one's ideals" (Freedictionary). It is this second meaning that too often results from the first.
Compromise agreements are common in the context of employment where an employment dispute is settled, usually on the basis of a payment and commonly with a gagging clause preventing any disclosure by either party, including of the existence of such an agreement. There have been many recent examples thrown up by the #MeToo movement in which individuals report their regret at having accepted hush money and the fact that if they had spoken out a perpetrator might have been stopped sooner.
Corporate Social "Responsibility"
I have seen far too many cases in recent years of deals being done by major corporates that served their interests alone, protecting individuals and their brand from 'reputational damage', and allowing a situation to continue that they could have brought to public attention. Is it right that organisations that make much of their CSR efforts nonetheless turn a blind eye to wrongdoing with the result that it is allowed to continue to the detriment of others? In my view it is not.
Erosion of values
How often do we hear the question 'how did they get away with it for so long'? The reasons are all too human and reflect the corrosive impact of social media and other modern means of public humiliation and scrutiny, which do not deter those in power, but rather those who might call them out. Most will not put their heads above the parapet for fear of the consequences. Most will look and walk the other way. Most will say to themselves and others 'it's not my problem'. The message that we all need to heed is much the same as we hear on public transport: 'See it. Say it. Sorted.' Leaving it to someone else is simply not the right thing to do.


text:
Since 2015, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) has been working on defining and implementing the new Ninth Edition of the State Building Code (780 CMR). The new code will be based on modified versions of the following 2015 codes as published by the International Code Council (ICC).
· The International Building Code (IBC);
· International Residential Code (IRC);
· International Existing Building Code (IEBC);
· International Mechanical Code (IMC);
· International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC); and
· Portions of The International Fire Code (IFC).
The above "I-Codes" are reviewed and revised every 3 years through an extensive process at ICC. The Massachusetts Eighth Edition Building Code is mostly based on I-Codes from 2009. Another version of the I-Codes was issued in 2012, and again in 2015. So, since the 2009 I-Codes on which the Eight Edition is based, there have been two iterations of updates to the I-Codes (2012 and 2015) on which the new Ninth Edition will be based.
Although DPS is relying increasingly on standardized and international codes, they use local input and their discretion to customize and revise the I-Codes for Massachusetts. The 2015 I-Codes and the Proposed Massachusetts Amendments can be found at the following locations:
780 CMR: State Board of Building Regulations and Standards (Building Code)
http://codes.iccsafe.org/I-Codes.html Link to 2015 I-Codes
MA Amendments to the Base Volume file size2MB (including all figures, tables, and special regulations)
MA Amendments to the Residential Volume file size1MB
On January 2, 2018, projects will be expected to comply with the Ninth Edition Code. Permit applicants desiring to use the Eighth Edition of the code may need to exercise appeal options if they are not able to file a permit application before expiration of the concurrency period.
Also, as a reminder, BBRS members have already approved a new energy code based on the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The new energy code came into full force and effect on January 2, 2017. Please see the DPS website for additional information about new energy code provisions.
To simplify the transition, attached is a table showing changes made to the 2009 I-Code in both 2012 and 2015 for review as it may apply to types of projects or elements of projects your company typically performs. Keep in mind that sections of the table may be modified by the MA Amendments, so for code issues that are important to your projects, it will be important to check both the I-Code and the MA Amendments to know what the code is for MA.
Questions about the code process and these various documents can be directed to Roger Gallagher at firstname.lastname@example.com. Roger is not a code consultant and will not answer specific code-related questions. Those are best asked of the building inspector enforcing the code for the jurisdiction where your project will be built.
Click here to download 2015 IRC Transition from the 2009 IRC!
Respectfully submitted,
Roger Gallagher, President
Co-Chair EM NARI Government Affairs Committee
Gallagher Remodeling, Inc.
No one has commented on this page yet.
RSS feed for comments on this page | RSS feed for all comments