When the Almightyscatteredthe kingsthere, It was snowingin Zalmon.
Purifyme with hyssop,and I shall be clean;Washme, and I shall be whiterthansnow.
"Comenow,and let us reasontogether," Saysthe LORD,"Thoughyour sinsare as scarlet,They will be as whiteas snow;Thoughthey are redlike crimson,They will be like wool.
"Israelwas holyto the LORD,The firstof His harvest.Allwho ateof it becameguilty;Evilcameupon them," declaresthe LORD.'"
The LORDheardthe voiceof Israeland deliveredup the Canaanites;then they utterlydestroyedthem and their cities.Thus the nameof the placewas calledHormah.
The peopleservedthe LORDallthe daysof Joshua,and allthe daysof the elderswhosurvivedJoshua,whohad seenallthe greatworkof the LORDwhichHe had donefor Israel.
So Abimelechwentup to MountZalmon,he and allthe peoplewho[were] with him; and Abimelechtookan axein his handand cutdowna branchfrom the trees,and liftedit and laid[it] on his shoulder.Then he saidto the peoplewho[were] with him, "Whatyou have seenme do,hurry[and] dolikewise."
