He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the Lord commanded, ¹  by the authority ²  of Moses.

and the Lord ¹  commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.” ² 

I thought, ¹  ‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’ ² 

and he sent ¹  them out to proclaim ²  the kingdom of God ³  and to heal the sick. ⁴ 

Then ¹  they departed and went throughout ²  the villages, proclaiming the good news ³  and healing people everywhere.

They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed ¹  and placed ²  their hands on them.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, ¹  but we are speaking in Christ before ²  God as persons of sincerity, ³  as persons sent from God.

From Paul, ¹  an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I place ¹  you in authority over all the land of Egypt.” ² 

So then the Jewish leaders ¹  responded, ²  “What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?” ³ 

Then, after they had fasted ¹  and ²  prayed and placed their hands ³  on them, they sent them off.

But it is God who establishes ¹  us together with you in Christ and who anointed us, ² 

He ¹  commanded us to preach to the people and to warn ²  them ³  that he is the one ⁴  appointed ⁵  by God as judge ⁶  of the living and the dead.

David replied to Ahimelech the priest, “The king instructed me to do something, but he said to me, ‘Don’t let anyone know the reason I am sending you or the instructions I have given you.’ ¹  I have told my soldiers ²  to wait at a certain place. ³ 

Now Joseph was 30 years old ¹  when he began serving ²  Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by ³  Pharaoh and was in charge of ⁴  all the land of Egypt.

When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. ¹ 

Listen to me, you coastlands! ¹  Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; ²  he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. ³ 

They will designate men to scout continually ¹  through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, ²  in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?