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255 Brisco, Thomas V. Holman Bible Atlas. Holman Reference. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998.
255
Brisco, Thomas V. Holman Bible Atlas. Holman Reference. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998.
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The Judges of IsraelTHE JUDGES OF ISRAEL
Easley, Kendell H. Holman QuickSource Guide to Understanding the Bible. Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2002. Print.
Judge
Oppressor
Years of
Oppression/ Peace
Reference in Judges
Province or Tribal Affiliation
Othniel
Cushan-rishathaim
(Aramean King)
8/40
3:8–11
Judah
Ehud
Eglon, King of Moab
18/80
3:12–30
Benjamin
Shamgar
Philistines
-/-
3:31
Son of Anath; possibly a
non-Israelite
Deborah with Barak
Canaanites led by Jaban and Sisera
20/-
4:1–5:31
Issachar? Ephraim? Barak
came from Napthali
Gideon
Midianites and
Amelekites
7/40
6:1–8:27
Manasseh
Tola
10:1–2
Issachar
Jair
-/22
10:3–5
Gileadite; East Manasseh?
Jepththah
Amonites and
Philistines
18/-
10:6–12:7
Gileadite; East Manasseh?
Ibzan
12:8–10
from Bethlehem: most
likely Judah or Zebulum
Elon
12:11–12
Zebulum
Abdon
12:13–15
Pirathonite (Ephraim)
Samson
Philistines
40/-
13–16
Dan
257
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Overall Bible Timeline
258
Isra
el
Egyp
t
Fert
ile C
resc
ent
1290
BC
1320
BC
1310
BC
1300
BC
1360
BC
1350
BC
1340
BC
1330
BC
1390
BC
1380
BC
1370
BC
1400
BC
1410
BC
1290
BC
1320
BC
1310
BC
1300
BC
1360
BC
1350
BC
1340
BC
1330
BC
1390
BC
1380
BC
1370
BC
1400
BC
1410
BC
Firs
t Dyn
asty
of
Ass
yria
181
1-13
29 B
C
Kas
site
Dyn
asty
?-1
155B
C
Hitt
ite E
mpi
re 1
680-
1200
BC
18TH
Dyn
asty
(263
) 158
0-13
17B
C
Josh
ua (1
10)
?150
0-13
90B
C?
Josh
ua A
nd E
lder
s Ju
dge
Isra
el14
06-1
381?
BC
(25)
The
Exod
us (4
0)14
46-1
406B
CThe
Con
ques
t Of C
anna
n (7
)14
06-1
399B
C?
Mos
es (1
20)
1526
-140
6BC
Josh
ua (J
oshu
a)
© 2
006
Ric
k Sw
artz
entr
over
Ram
eses
II (6
7)13
01-1
234B
CSe
thi I
(16)
1317
-130
1BC
Ram
eses
I (1
)13
17B
CH
orem
hab
(37)
1354
-131
7BC
Eye
(4)
1358
-135
4BC
Tuta
nkha
men
(9)
1367
-135
8BC
Akh
enat
en (1
1)13
78-1
367B
CA
men
hote
p III
(36)
1414
-137
8BC
The
Fam
ous
Kin
g Tu
t
19TH
Dyn
asty
(117
) 131
7-12
01B
C
Ehud
1316
-123
7BC
(79)
Eglo
n O
f Moa
b(1
334-
1316
BC
)C
usha
n-ris
hath
aim
Of M
esop
otam
ia(1
381-
1373
BC
)
Oth
niel
1373
-133
4BC
(39)
Judg
es (S
amue
l)
The
Con
ques
t Too
k 7
Year
s (J
oshu
a14
:7, 1
0)(1
406-
1399
BC
) And
End
ed 3
00Ye
ars
Bef
ore
Jeph
thah
's T
ime
(110
0BC
)(Jud
ges
11:2
6)
Muw
atal
lish
II13
06-1
282B
C (2
4)M
ursh
ilish
II13
39-1
306B
C (3
3)A
rnuw
anda
sh II
1340
-133
9BC
(1)
Shup
pilu
lium
ash
I13
80-1
340B
C (4
0)H
attu
shili
sh II
1380
BC
(-1)
Tudk
halia
sh II
I14
00-1
380B
C (2
0)A
rnuw
anda
sh I
1420
-140
0BC
(20)
Enlil
-nira
ri13
27-1
318B
C (9
)A
ssur
-uba
llit I
1363
-132
8BC
(35)
Erib
a-A
dad
I13
90-1
364B
C (2
6)A
ssur
-nad
in-a
hhe
II14
00-1
391B
C (9
)A
ssur
-rim
-nis
hesh
u14
08-1
401B
C (7
)
Naz
i-Mar
utta
sh13
07-1
282B
C (2
5)K
urig
alzu
II13
32-1
308B
C (2
4)N
azi-B
ugas
h13
33B
C (-
1)K
ara-
hard
ash
1333
BC
(-1)
Bur
nabu
riash
II13
60-1
333B
C (2
7)K
adas
hman
-Enl
il I
1375
-136
0BC
(15)
Arik
-Den
-IlI
1318
-130
6BC
(12)
Ada
d-N
arar
i I13
05-1
274B
C (3
1)
Four
th D
ynas
ty o
f A
ssyr
ia 1
327-
1192
BC
259
Isra
el
Egyp
t
Fert
ile C
resc
ent
1170
BC
1200
BC
1190
BC
1180
BC
1240
BC
1230
BC
1220
BC
1210
BC
1270
BC
1260
BC
1250
BC
1280
BC
1290
BC
1170
BC
1200
BC
1190
BC
1180
BC
1240
BC
1230
BC
1220
BC
1210
BC
1270
BC
1260
BC
1250
BC
1280
BC
1290
BC
Kas
site
Dyn
asty
?-1
155B
C
Hitt
ite E
mpi
re 1
680-
1200
BC
© 2
006
Ric
k Sw
artz
entr
over
19TH
Dyn
asty
(117
) 131
7-12
01B
C
Judg
es (S
amue
l)
Four
th D
ynas
ty o
f A
ssyr
ia 1
327-
1192
BC
Jabi
n O
f Haz
or(1
257-
1237
) In
The
Nor
th
Deb
orah
& B
arak
1237
-119
8BC
(39)
Ehud
1316
-123
7BC
(79)
Sham
ger
?-?B
C (?
)
Mer
nept
ah (1
2)12
34-1
222B
CR
ames
es II
(67)
1301
-123
4BC
Sept
ah (7
)12
16-1
209B
CSe
thi I
I (6)
1222
-121
6BC
Twos
re (8
)12
09-1
201B
C
20TH
Dyn
asty
(97)
119
7-11
00B
C
Setn
akht
e (2
)11
97-1
195B
C
Ram
eses
III (
32)
1195
-116
4BC
Gid
eon
1191
-115
1BC
(40)
Mid
iani
tes
(119
8-11
91)
Ass
ur-n
irari
III12
02-1
197B
C (5
)
Ass
ur-n
adin
-apl
i12
06-1
203B
C(3
)A
ssur
nasi
rpal
1206
BC
(-1)
Tuku
lti-N
inur
ta I
1243
-120
7BC
(365
)Sh
alm
anes
er I
1273
-124
4BC
(29)
Ada
d-ni
rari
I13
05-1
274B
C (3
1)A
ssur
-dan
I11
78-1
133B
C (4
5)N
inur
ta-a
pil-E
kur
1191
-117
9BC
(12)
Enili
l-kud
urri-
usur
1196
-119
2BC
(4)
Shup
pilu
lium
ash
II12
15-1
200B
C (1
5)
Arn
uwan
dash
III
1220
-121
5BC
(5)
Tudk
halia
sh IV
1250
-122
0BC
(30)
Hat
tush
ilish
III
1275
-125
0BC
(25)
Mur
shili
sh II
I12
82-1
275B
C (7
)M
uwat
allis
h II
1306
-128
2BC
(24)
Shga
rakt
i-shr
iash
1245
-123
3BC
(12)
Kas
htili
ashu
1232
-122
5BC
(7)
Ada
d-sh
uma-
iddi
na12
22-1
217B
C (5
)
Kad
ashm
an H
arbe
II12
23B
C (1
)En
lil-n
adin
-shu
mi
1224
BC
(1)
Ada
d-sh
uma-
usur
1216
-118
7BC
(29)
Kud
ur-E
nlil
1254
-124
6BC
(8)
Kad
ashm
an-E
nlil
II12
63-1
255B
C (8
)K
adas
hman
-Tur
gu12
81-1
264B
C (1
7)N
azi-M
arut
tash
1307
-128
2BC
(25)
Mel
i-shi
pak
1186
-117
2BC
(14)
Mer
odac
h-B
alad
an I
1171
-115
9BC
(5)
Inva
ders
kno
wn
as th
e "S
ea P
eopl
es"
(Pel
eset
, Tje
kker
, She
kles
, Dan
u)de
stro
y H
ittite
Em
pire
Inva
ders
kno
wn
as th
e "S
ea P
eopl
es"
(Pel
eset
, Tje
kker
,Sh
ekle
s, D
anu)
des
troy
Hitt
ite E
mpi
re
ThePeleset(Philistines)settle
alongIsrael'sseacoast
The "Sea Peoples" turn theirarmies against Rameses III of
Egypt & are repelled
Fifth
Dyn
asty
of
Ass
yria
119
2-10
38 B
C
260
Isra
el
Egyp
t
Fert
ile C
resc
ent
1050
BC
1080
BC
1070
BC
1060
BC
1120
BC
1110
BC
1100
BC
1090
BC
1150
BC
1140
BC
1130
BC
1160
BC
1170
BC
1050
BC
1080
BC
1070
BC
1060
BC
1120
BC
1110
BC
1100
BC
1090
BC
1150
BC
1140
BC
1130
BC
1160
BC
1170
BC
Kas
site
Dyn
asty
?-1
155B
C
© 2
006
Ric
k Sw
artz
entr
over
20TH
Dyn
asty
(97)
119
7-11
00B
C
The
Pele
set(
Phili
stin
es)s
ettle
alon
gIs
rael
'sse
aco
ast
Judg
es (S
amue
l)
Abd
on10
65-1
058B
C (7
)Ib
zan
1081
-107
5BC
(6)
Elon
1075
-106
5BC
(10)
Jeph
thah
1087
-108
1BC
(6)
Am
mon
ites
(Eas
t) (1
105-
1087
BC
)Ja
ir11
26-1
105B
C (2
1)To
la11
49-1
126B
C (2
3)G
ideo
n11
91-1
151B
C (4
0)
Abi
mel
ech
1151
-111
49B
C (3
)
Sam
uel (
At B
ethe
l, G
ilgal
& M
izpa
h) 1
067-
?BC
(?)
Eli (
At S
hilo
h)11
07-1
067B
C (4
0)
Sam
son
1069
-104
9BC
? (2
0)
Phili
stin
e O
ppre
ssio
n In
The
Wes
t (10
87-1
049B
C)
Kin
g Sa
ul10
50-1
010B
C (4
0)
1048
BC
Bat
tleO
f Mic
hmas
h
1047
BC
Bat
tleO
f Ebe
neze
r
Ram
eses
III (
32)
1195
-116
4BC
Ram
eses
IV (6
)11
64-1
158B
C Ram
eses
V (4
)11
58-1
154B
CRam
eses
VI (
7)11
54-1
147B
C
Ram
eses
IX (1
7)11
47-1
130B
C
Ram
eses
X (3
)11
30-1
127B
C
Ram
eses
XI (
27)
1127
-110
0BC
Smen
des
(26)
1070
-104
3BC
21st
Dyn
asty
(147
) 107
0-94
5BC
I Sam
uel (
Sam
uel,
Nat
han
& G
ad)
Sham
shi-A
dad
IV10
53-1
049B
C (6
)
Erib
a-A
dad
II10
55-1
054B
C (2
)
Ass
ur-b
el-k
ala
1073
-105
6BC
(17)
Ash
arid
-api
l-Eku
r10
75-1
074B
C (2
)
Tigl
ath-
pile
ser I
1114
-107
6BC
(38)
Ass
ur-r
esho
shi I
1132
-111
5BC
(17)
Ass
ur-d
an I
1178
-113
3BC
(45)
Nin
urta
-tuku
lti-A
shsh
ur11
33B
C (-
1)M
utak
kil-N
usku
1132
BC
(-1)
Mer
odac
h-B
alad
an I
1171
-115
9BC
(5)
Enlil
-nad
in-a
hi11
57-1
155B
C (2
)
Zaba
ba-s
hum
a-id
dina
1158
BC
(1)
Mur
duk-
kabi
t-ahh
eshu
1157
-114
0BC
(17)
Itti-M
urdu
k-ba
latu
1139
-113
2BC
(7) N
inur
ta-n
adin
-shu
mi
1131
-112
6BC
(5)
Neb
ucha
dnez
zar I
1124
-110
4BC
(20)
Mar
duk-
nadi
n-ah
he10
99-1
082B
C (1
7)
Enlil
-nad
in-a
pli
1103
-110
0BC
(3)
Mar
duk-
shap
ik-z
eri
1081
-106
9BC
(12)
Ada
d-ap
la-id
dina
1068
-104
7BC
(21)
1105
BC
?
1165
BC
?
Fifth
Dyn
asty
of
Ass
yria
119
2-10
49 B
C
261
Locations in Judges Chapter 1
Arnold, Bill T., and H. G. M. Williamson. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books 2005
some Locations in Judges Chapter 1
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Baal
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Ashtaroth
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The Prose Account
The Poetic Account
1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: 2 Because of total commitment in Israel Because the people willingly offer themselves— Praise the Lord! 3 Hear this, you kings! Listen you rulers! I to the Lord, I will sing; I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel. 4 O Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens gushed; the clouds gushed down water, 5 the mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
1 After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 2 So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the roads were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths. 7 Village life ceased; in Israel it ceased—
4 Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her [for a decision from God].
Until I arose, Deborah, I arose, a mother in Israel. 8 God chose new [leaders], war came to the city gates, and not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
9 My heart is with Israel’s princes, with the willing volunteers among the people Praise the Lord!
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10 You who ride on tawny donkey, You who sit on saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider 11 Amid the sound of shepherds at the watering places They recite the righteous acts of the Lord, the righteous acts of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of the Lord went down to the city gates.
6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: “Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the way to Mount Tabor. 7 I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’ ” 8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.” 9 Very well,” Deborah said, “I will go with you. But because of the way you are going about this, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will hand Sisera over to a woman.”
So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh, 10 where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
12 Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, O Barak! Take captive your captives, O son of Abinoam. 13 Then the survivors went down against the nobles; the people of the Lord went down with me against the mighty. 14 Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear
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a commander’s staff. 15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; Yes, Issachar was with Barak, rushing after him into the valley. In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart. 16 Why did you stay among the campfires to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart. 17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the seacoast and stayed in his coves. 18 The people of Zebulun risked their very lives so did Naphtali on the heights of the field
11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-‐in-‐law, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh. 12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera gathered together his nine hundred iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, followed by ten thousand men.
19 “Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought; At Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, they carried off no silver, no plunder.
15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
20 From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. 21 The river Kishon swept them away, the age-‐old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong! 22 Then pounded the horses’ hoofs— Rearing wildly his mighty steeds.
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16 But Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Haroshet Haggoyim. All the troops of Sisera fell by the sword; not a man was left.
23 Curse Meroz, said the angel of the Lord. ‘Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty.’
17 Sisera, however, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there there were friendly relations between Jabin king of Hazor and the clan of Heber the Kenite.
18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she put a covering over him.
24 Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-‐dwelling women.
19 “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say ‘No.’ ”
21 But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.
26 Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple. 27 At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay; Where he sank, there he fell—plundered.
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there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.
28 “Through the window peered Sisera’s mother; behind the lattice she cried out, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’ ” 29 The wisest of her ladies answers her; But she answers herself, 30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: A girl or two for each man, colorful garments as plunder for Sisera, colorful garments embroidered, highly embroidered garments for the neck of the spoiler?’ 31 “So may all your enemies perish, O Lord! But may they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.”
23 On that day God subdued Jabin, the Canaanite king, before the Israelites. 24 And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin, the Canaanite king, until they destroyed him. 5:31c Then the land had peace for forty years.
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On Mount Sinai, Moses is instructed by God to gather his brother Aaron and Aaron’s sons to be priests in the Holy Temple, built in 957 BC. To fulfill their duties, sacred garments are to be made at the highest standards of craftsmanship. In the generations of priests that follow, painstaking attention is paid to ensure every piece is woven and tailor-made to fit each priest.
MATERIALSAll pieces are made out ofone or more of the following:
Gold
Wool, in three colors
Linen
HIGH PRIEST’S ORDER OF DAILY DRESS
The Priestly Garments
HIGH PRIEST ON DAY OF ATONEMENT
A CLOSER LOOK
ORDINARY PRIESTS’ DAILY DRESS
1. Pants
1. PantsThe priests can take their street clothes off only after they had put on the pants.
2. TunicThe sleeves are made separately and are the only pieces sewn, not woven.
3. BeltThis combination of materials is only allowed for the priests’ garments.
4. RobeThe hem is adorned with hollow wool “pomegranates” and gold bells.
5. EphodMade of all five materials, it is considered the most important garment.
6. BreastplateIt is set with 12 stones whose colors match the flags of the tribes of Israel.
7. TurbanA blue wool cap with gold bands may have been placed over the linen turban.
3. BeltMay have been embroidered
4. TurbanPlaced on head, not wound on
8. CrownThe thin plate of gold engraved with the raised words “Holy to the Lord.”
SOURCES: Temple Institute; Carl Schultz of Houghton College
2. TunicOne for morning, one for evening
3. BeltNo wool embroidery
4. TurbanNo blue cap with gold bands
1. Pants 2. Tunic
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The bells made it easier to follow the priests’ movements during service. There are as many as 72 wool pomegranates woven onto the hem of the robe.
Settings of gold on the shoulder straps of the ephod are fit for two sardonyx “remembrance” stones, each engraved with six names of the tribes of Israel, in order of their birth.
The tunic is woven in a checkered knit pattern as opposed to a cross-weave pattern. The sleeves are woven separately,and then sewn on.
The Urim V’Tummim is the divine name of God written on a piece of parchment. Its presence allowed for the divine guidance received by the illumination of the letters on the stones.
Putting on the turban consisted of taking a strip of linen approximately 24 feet long and winding it around the head.
The floor of the Temple is holy, and consequently the priests are to keep their feet bare.
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Judges 19:22–24
4 Before they lay down
22 While they were making merry,
behold,
the men of the city
the men of the city
the men of Sodom
men of the sons of belial
surrounded
surrounded
with reference to the house
the house
pounding on the door.
both young and old
all the men totally.
5 And they called
and they said
to Lot,
to the old man,
the owner of the house,
and they said to him,
saying,
“Where are
Bring out
the men
the man
who have come
who has come
to you?
to your house,
Bring them out
to us,
that we may ‘know’ them.”
that we may ‘know’ him.”
6 And Lot
23 And the man
the owner of the house
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went out went out
to them
to them.
at the doorway
and shut the door
behind him.
7 And he said,
And he said
to them,
“Please,
do not, my brothers,
“Do not, my brothers,
act wickedly.
do not act wickedly
please.
Because
this man has come
to my house,
do not commit this folly.
8 Please,
24
behold
Behold
I have two daughters
my daughter
who have never ‘known’ a man.
a virgin
and his concubine.
Please,
Please,
let me bring them out
let me bring them out.
Ravish them.
to you.
Do to them
Do to them
according to what is good
what is good
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in your eyes.
in your eyes.
Only to these men
But to this man
do not commit
do not commit
this foolish
an act,
act.
because
this man
under the shelter of my roof.
to my house,
do not commit
this folly.
