Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, ¹  by the sea.’

The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.

The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, ¹  capable men ²  from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house. ³ 

But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money – the full amount ¹  – in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. ² 

Now send word quickly to David and warn him, ¹  “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert ²  tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, ³  or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” ⁴ 

But I warned them and said, ¹  “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” ²  From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. ³ 

But even if it were ¹  true that I have erred, ²  my error ³  remains solely my concern!

They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.

It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag ¹  and a fortress. ² 

They experience his favor; ¹  their descendants ²  inherit the land. ³ 

Your statutes have been my songs ¹  in the house where I live. ² 

The person ¹  who hears the reproof that leads to life ²  is at home ³  among the wise. ⁴ 

Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.

The old man said, “Everything is just fine! ¹  I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people ¹  of Israel longed for ²  the Lord.

At that time I instructed ¹  the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.

They sit among the tombs ¹  and keep watch all night long. ²  They eat pork, ³  and broth ⁴  from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

But Abraham lodged a complaint ¹  against Abimelech concerning a well ²  that Abimelech’s servants had seized. ³ 

At that time Judah left ¹  his brothers and stayed ²  with an Adullamite man ³  named Hirah.