You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain.

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

And a young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”

The people contended with Moses, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!

When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.

and to keep the Lord’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?

Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.

As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.

There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.

You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)

You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.

He said to David, “You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.

Samuel said, “Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How will the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”

He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.

He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.

Elisha said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it.

He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.