I will put a fleece of wool here on the threshing floor. If dew is only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that You will deliver Israel by my strength, as You said.”

That night God did as Gideon requested: only the fleece was dry, and dew was all over the ground.

If only these people were in my power, I would remove Abimelech.” So he said to Abimelech, “Gather your army and come out.”

But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as You see fit; only deliver us today!”

When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her.

“Peace to you,” said the old man. “I’ll take care of everything you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.”