¹⁴ And Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which ^(A)the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. ^(B)Does not the Lord go out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.

²⁴ And ^(A)when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, ^(B)for then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

³ Know therefore today that he who ^(A)goes over before you ^(B)as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. ^(C)So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

²⁶ Then at the break of dawn^[a] Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Up, that I may send you on your way.” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.

²⁸ He said to her, “Get up, let us be going.” ^(A)But there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went away to his home.

¹³ Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ^(A)‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”