Then the Levitical priests ¹  will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, ²  and to decide ³  every judicial verdict ⁴ )

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ¹  legal claim, ²  or assault ³  – matters of controversy in your villages ⁴  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ⁵ 

When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down ¹  on the couch where Esther was lying. ²  The king exclaimed, “Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!” As these words left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Your anger overwhelms me; ¹  your terrors destroy me.

The earth was ruined ¹  in the sight of ²  God; the earth was filled with violence. ³ 

Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it.

because I am with you, and no one will assault ¹  you to harm ²  you, because I have many people in this city.”

Gad will be raided by marauding bands, but he will attack them at their heels. ¹ 

Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops ¹  and fought against it.

Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops ¹  and fought against it.

Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

a day of trumpet blasts ¹  and battle cries. ²  Judgment will fall on ³  the fortified cities and the high corner towers.

Now when the Pharisees ¹  heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, ²  they assembled together. ³ 

When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made ¹  an attempt to mistreat ²  them and stone them, ³ 

The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves – to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, ¹  and to confiscate their property.

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, ¹  and sexually assaulted her. ² 

because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived ¹  you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, ²  their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”

However, suppose a person hates someone else ¹  and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, ²  and then flees to one of these cities.