²⁴ And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, `Cursed `is' the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;' and none of the people hath tasted food.

²⁶ And Joshua adjureth `them' at that time, saying, `Cursed `is' the man before Jehovah who raiseth up and hath built this city, `even' Jericho; in his first-born he doth lay its foundation, and in his youngest he doth set up its doors;'

²² if any one doth not love the Lord Jesus Christ -- let him be anathema! The Lord hath come!

² for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

⁹ With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

⁴⁷ God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,

²⁷ And Jonathan hath not heard of his father's adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which `is' in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth -- and his eyes see!

²⁸ And a man of the people answereth and saith, `Thy father certainly adjured the people, saying, Cursed `is' the man who eateth food to-day; and the people are weary.'

²⁹ And Jonathan saith, `My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

³⁰ How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.'

¹ And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, `None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.'

² And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping,

³ and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'

⁴ And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the people rise early, and build there an altar, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

⁵ And the sons of Israel say, `Who `is' he that hath not come up in the assembly out of all the tribes of Israel unto Jehovah?' for the great oath hath been concerning him who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, `He is surely put to death.'

³⁰ And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand --

³¹ then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.'

² `For freeing freemen in Israel, For a people willingly offering themselves Bless ye Jehovah.

²⁸ and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it.

¹⁷ and the city hath been devoted, it and all that `is' in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who `are' with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

¹⁸ and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote `yourselves', and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;

¹⁹ and all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they `are' to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.'

¹⁵ `Cursed `is' the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put `it' in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen.

¹⁶ `Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

¹⁷ `Cursed `is' he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

¹⁸ `Cursed `is' he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

¹⁹ `Cursed `is' he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

²⁰ `Cursed `is' he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

²¹ `Cursed `is' he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

²² `Cursed `is' he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

²³ `Cursed `is' he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

²⁴ `Cursed `is' he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

²⁵ `Cursed `is' he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

²⁶ `Cursed `is' he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

² And Israel voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities;'

²⁹ `No devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death.