9 myths
He could not curse them. So he told Midian to paint the daughters' eyes and set booths outside the camp. Twenty-four thousand fell.
God named two clocks in one breath. Avenge Midian. Then Moses would be gathered. He heard both clauses and still called for the spears.
Zur walked Cozbi out of the royal quarter himself. After the spear, the scribes listed his name third among the five slain kings.
Two tribes asked Moses for land east of the Jordan and listed sheepfolds before their children. Moses corrected the order without raising his voice.
She came out with tambourines to meet her father. The high priest could have undone the vow. Neither man would walk first.
The elders who had thrown him out came back begging for a chief. He went. He died in pieces, a limb dropping as he walked, buried across the cities of Gilead.
Twelve thousand came home from Midian with no man dead and no man accused. Then they set gold in front of Moses, and he asked what it was for.
Soldiers drove their spears point-down into the sanctuary floor and sang like it was a feast day. No fire fell on them. Nothing came out of the smoke.
Nebuchadnezzar would not trust a king's soul, so he made Zedekiah swear on a scroll of the Law, and Judah's last king could hold neither vow he took.
