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Moses parted the sea, drew water from rock, and fed a nation on bread from the sky. The people ran out of faith again within days of each miracle.
A poor father prayed for death instead of hunger. Elijah appeared, let himself be sold for eighty denarii, and turned bondage into rescue.
Rabbi Yochanan read one word in Exodus and found a secret deal: the sea was told to split for Israel before the world was three days old.
Moses commanded the sea and the sea argued. He carried a whole nation's complaints but never once complained about his own burden. The rabbis noticed.
The sun refused Joshua's command at Gibeon, insisting it was older than any man. Joshua answered it, and the sun stood still.
Elisha carried divine fire so concentrated his face burned lethal to look at. He traveled mountain to mountain, and one woman saw him coming.
The Philistines waited until Abraham was dead, then poured earth into his wells until the mouths closed and the ropes above them went slack.
Isaac entered the world and barren women held children, broken bodies rose whole, and the old light of Eden flashed across the sun.
At the Red Sea, Israel received twelve roads, glasslike walls, dry ground, drinkable water, and gifts no nation could steal.
David entered Goliath's valley carrying Judah's old pledge, Saul's wounded honor, and a stone the earth itself helped deliver.
Elijah worked eight wonders in his life. Elisha asked for a double share and worked sixteen, while his servant Gehazi chased silver and caught leprosy.
Fifty thousand men crossed the Jordan to fight for land they would never live on. When they went home and built an altar, Israel armed against them.
Ahaziah sent soldiers to drag Elijah down from a hill. Fire took the first two companies, and the prophet left the world without a grave.
Three days after the sea split, Israel met water it could not drink and learned that confession can sweeten a bitter world.
Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah's spirit. Elijah called it a hard thing. Elisha watched and received it, and the count came out exactly right.
Moses warned Pharaoh before each plague. Ten warnings, ten refusals. Jubilees says the plagues were not punishment alone but a debt paid to Abraham.
Two judges swore they had caught her with a man under a tree in her own garden. The court believed them. A boy in the crowd asked which tree.
He put the nose-ring on her face before he asked her name. The two bracelets weighed out the exact price of a marriage contract nobody had negotiated.
When Jacob stepped from Isaac's tent, celestial dew fell on him and changed his body. He was carrying his father's meal plates when it happened.
Esau's men blocked every road. Jacob turned to the Jordan, planted his staff in the water, raised his eyes to heaven, and the river split.
She changed out of her state robes, got back into the bed she had left that morning, and laid the torn coat down beside her. Then she called the house in.
The river piled up three hundred miles high. Joshua walked the whole nation down onto the dry bottom and read them the terms there.
The well that followed Israel through the wilderness did more than quench thirst. It filled the camp with rivers, orchards, fragrant herbs, and healing water.
After Korah's rebellion, twelve tribal rods lay in the Tabernacle overnight. By morning one had burst into almond blossoms and ripe fruit.
Sisera fled the battlefield and entered Jael's tent. Before she picked up the tent peg, she prayed three times and each prayer was answered before she finished.
After his famous act at Shittim, Phinehas was sent to a mountain at the age of one hundred and twenty. Eagles brought him food. He has not come down yet.
At Mizpah, Samuel gave Israel special water to drink. Those who had worshipped idols could not speak afterward. Most confessed before they lifted the cup.
Before the stone left David's sling, something older and stranger had already struck Goliath. The giant felt it the moment David walked toward him.
David once asked God what madness was good for. God said the day would come when he would beg for it. He was right.
David never caught the deer. He looked up in unfamiliar country, and a Philistine giant had recognized his face. Ishbi-Benob pinned him under a winepress.
