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not willing to give any of them any of his own children's flesh, which he is eating; because of the siege and the distress to which your enemy will reduce you in all your towns, he will have nothing left. (Deuteronomy 28, 55)
I shall make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will feed on flesh: the blood of the wounded and the prisoners, the dishevelled heads of the enemy!' (Deuteronomy 32, 42)
'Very well,' retorted Gideon, 'when Yahweh has put Zebah and Zalmunna into my power, I shall tear your flesh off with desert-thorn and thistles.' (Judges 8, 7)
He then seized the elders of the town and, taking desert-thorn and thistles, tore the men of Succoth to pieces. (Judges 8, 16)
'Please put this question to the leading men of Shechem: Which is better for you: to be ruled by seventy people -- all Jerubbaal's sons -- or to be ruled by one? Remember too that I am your own flesh and bone.' (Judges 9, 2)
Then the trees all said to the thorn bush, 'You come and be our king!' (Judges 9, 14)
And the thorn bush replied to the trees, 'If you are anointing me in good faith to be your king, come and shelter in my shade. But, if not, fire will come out of the thorn bush and devour the cedars of Lebanon.' (Judges 9, 15)
The Philistine said to David, 'Come over here and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the wild beasts!' (1 Samuel 17, 44)
All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron and said, 'Look, we are your own flesh and bone. (2 Samuel 5, 1)
You are my brothers, you are my own flesh and bone: why should you be the last to bring the king back?" (2 Samuel 19, 13)
And say to Amasa, "Are you not my own flesh and bone? May God bring unnameable ills on me and worse ills, too, if you do not become my permanent army commander instead of Joab!" ' (2 Samuel 19, 14)
Then he climbed on to the bed and stretched himself on top of the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes to his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and as he lowered himself on to him, the child's flesh grew warm. (2 Kings 4, 34)