His sister stationed herself ¹  at a distance to find out ²  what would ³  happen to him.

Do you people think ¹  that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” ²  the Lord asks. ³ 

On the third day Abraham caught sight of ¹  the place in the distance.

Now Joseph’s brothers ¹  saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

The people kept ¹  their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness ²  where God was. ³ 

Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

Because of my condition, ¹  even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; ²  my neighbors stand far away. ³ 

Like cold water to a weary person, ¹  so is good news from a distant land. ² 

They come from a distant land, from the horizon. ¹  It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, ²  coming to destroy the whole earth. ³ 

You take olive oil as tribute ¹  to your king, ²  along with many perfumes. ³  You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol. ⁴ 

All the people were seeing ¹  the thundering and the lightning, and heard ²  the sound of the horn, and saw ³  the mountain smoking – and when ⁴  the people saw it they trembled with fear ⁵  and kept their distance. ⁶ 

¹ But to Moses the Lord ²  said, “Come up ³  to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance. ⁴ 

who summons an eagle ¹  from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, ²  yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out.

I take no delight ¹  when they offer up to me ²  frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’ ³