So Joab and his men ¹  marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

“Present your argument,” says the Lord. “Produce your evidence,” ¹  says Jacob’s king. ² 

Then some of the elders of Judah ¹  stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said,

When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.

The chariot drivers will crack their whips; ¹  the chariot wheels will shake the ground; ²  the chariot horses ³  will gallop; ⁴  the war chariots ⁵  will bolt forward! ⁶ 

And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired ¹  to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for ¹  new heavens and a new earth, in which ²  righteousness truly resides. ³ 

In the morning you must approach in tribal order. ¹  The tribe the Lord selects ²  must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. ³  The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. ⁴ 

So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way ¹  they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

When it is time for the camp to journey, ¹  Aaron and his sons must come and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the testimony with it.

The standard of the camp of the Danites set out, which was the rear guard ¹  of all the camps by their companies; over his company was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. ¹  They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

They worked hard and made the repairs. ¹  They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. ² 

(4:1) ¹  When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem ²  had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.

“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! ¹  Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate! ² 

Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.

“When he has finished purifying the holy place, ¹  the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat.

And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Then the tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.