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Then God put winged creatures at the entrance to the garden and a flaming, flashing sword to guard the way to the life-giving tree.
of your sword and be your brother's slave. But when you decide to be free, you will break loose.”
Simeon and Levi, you are brothers, each a gruesome sword.
In the land of your enemies, you will tremble at the rustle of a leaf, as though it were a sword. And you will become so weak that you will stumble and fall over each other, even when no one is chasing you.
When Balaam's donkey saw the angel standing there with a sword, it walked off the road and into an open field. Balaam had to beat the donkey to get it back on the road.
“You made me look stupid!” Balaam answered. “If I had a sword, I'd kill you here and now!”
Just then, the Lord let Balaam see the angel standing in the road, holding a sword, and Balaam bowed down.
I will take revenge on my hateful enemies. I will sharpen my sword and let it flash like lightning.
My arrows will get drunk on enemy blood; my sword will taste the flesh and the blood of the enemy. It will kill prisoners, and cut off the heads of their leaders.”
The Lord and given you more blessings than any other nation. He protects you like a shield and is your majestic sword. Your enemies will bow in fear, and you will trample on their backs.
One day, Joshua was near Jericho when he saw a man standing some distance in front of him. The man was holding a sword, so Joshua walked up to him and asked, “Are you on our side or on our enemies' side?”
Finally, the Lord told Joshua, “Point your sword at the town of Ai, because now I am going to help you defeat it!” As soon as Joshua pointed his sword at the town,
Joshua kept his sword pointed at the town of Ai until every last one of Ai's 12,000 people was dead.
Gideon turned to Jether, his oldest son. “Kill them!” Gideon said. But Jether was young, and he was too afraid to even pull out his sword.
The soldier who carried his weapons was nearby, and Abimelech told him, “Take out your sword and kill me. I don't want people to say that I was killed by a woman!” So the soldier ran his sword through Abimelech.
Then Samson started hacking them to pieces with his sword. Samson left Philistia and went to live in the cave at Etam Rock.
So, whenever the Israelite soldiers had to go into battle, none of them had a sword or a spear except Saul and his son Jonathan.
He wore a bronze helmet and had bronze armor to protect his chest and legs. The chest armor alone weighed about 57 kilograms . He carried a bronze sword strapped on his back,
David strapped on a sword and tried to walk around, but he was not used to wearing those things. “I can't move with all this stuff on,” David said. “I'm just not used to it.” David took off the armor
David defeated Goliath with a sling and a rock. He killed him without even using a sword.
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But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
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