The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, ¹  he enabled her to become pregnant ²  while Rachel remained childless.

Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, ¹  and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

The people kept ¹  their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness ²  where God was. ³ 

But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.

Abimelech went back ¹  to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem. ² 

When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ¹  of the Philistines for seven months, ² 

So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. ¹  At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh. ¹ 

He is wise in heart ¹  and mighty ²  in strength ³  – who has resisted ⁴  him and remained safe? ⁵ 

‘Surely our enemies ¹  are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

but did not have marital relations ¹  with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named ²  Jesus.

“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

So when he heard that Lazarus ¹  was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.

and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days ¹  he was with the disciples in Damascus,

While we remained there for a number of days, ¹  a prophet named Agabus ²  came down from Judea.

Because he could not be persuaded, ¹  we said no more except, ²  “The Lord’s will be done.” ³