The avenger ¹  of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse. ¹ 

and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse ¹  must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. ² 

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity ¹  for the elders of the city at the gate.

The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected ¹  her.

Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, “I don’t want to marry her,”

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments ¹  I am giving ²  you today.

If you should report what we’ve been up to, ¹  we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”

He seized the leaders ¹  of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then “threshed” the men of Succoth with them. ² 

When the Ammonites attacked, ¹  the leaders ²  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ³  from the land of Tob.

The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, ¹  if we do not do as you say.” ² 

The leaders ¹  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? ²  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

So Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ephod,” ¹  for he was at that time wearing the ephod. ² 

and called David’s enemies to account.” So Jonathan made a covenant ¹  with the house of David. ² 

Now at your own discretion, ¹  O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

besides 3,300 ¹  officials who supervised the workers. ² 

These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, ¹  after the ark was placed there.

The rest of their fellow Levites ¹  were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary. ²