Then the man said, “This one at last ¹  is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called ²  ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of ³  man.” ⁴ 

It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,

Naaman ¹  went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth; my hand is ready to strike all the nations.” ¹ 

In the past he said to them, ¹  “This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” ²  But they refused to listen.

and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city.”’”

I asked, “What is it?” And he replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain ¹  that is moving away from here.” Moreover, he said, “This is their ‘eye’ ²  throughout all the earth.”

“‘This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.

“This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, ¹ 

This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve ¹  and carry it.

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”

This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans: ¹ 

Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders ¹  of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised.

“Listen carefully ¹  to my words; let this be ²  the consolation you offer me. ³ 

“Do you think this to be ¹  just: when ²  you say, ‘My right before God.’ ³ 

At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me. ¹ 

This ¹  is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me. ² 

This ¹  has been my practice, for I observe your precepts.

“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.