Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife ¹  and said to the sons of Heth, ² 

Then he became very attached ¹  to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her. ² 

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures. ¹ 

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing ¹  by the edge of the Nile.

But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them.

Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him ¹  from the Meeting Tent: ² 

So ¹  Moses spoke these things ²  to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.

When Moses told ¹  these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned ²  greatly.

So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River ¹  across from Jericho. ²  They said,

The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:

¹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. ²  He said:

Then Moses went ¹  and spoke these words ²  to all Israel.

Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.

He composed ¹  3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.”

He told his sons, “Saddle my donkey,” and they did so. ¹ 

He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than ¹  the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.

Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him,

He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than ¹  the other kings who were with him in Babylon.