So they did as Jesus directed, ¹  and the people ²  all sat down.

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

The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable. ¹ 

Cut sharply on the right! Swing to ¹  the left, wherever your edge ²  is appointed to strike.

Then ¹  he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So ²  they served the crowd.

Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become ¹  the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.” ² 

However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors. ¹ 

King Cyrus of Persia entrusted ¹  them to ²  Mithredath ³  the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar ⁴  the leader of the Judahite exiles. ⁵ 

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day. ¹ 

The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem. ¹ 

“To you, O people, ¹  I call out, and my voice calls ²  to all mankind. ³ 

They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders ¹  let them go.

They said, “Cornelius the centurion, ¹  a righteous ²  and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, ³  was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message ⁴  from you.”

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea ¹  just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.

So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. ¹  After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp ²  as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

The men of the ¹  city, the leaders ²  and the nobles who lived there, ³  followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. ⁴ 

They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word ¹  of the Lord.

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. ¹  Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.