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

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

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

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

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

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, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I take no delight when they offer up to me 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.’