We swear we have done this because we were worried that<n id="1" /> in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, &#8216;What relationship do you have with the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel?<n id="2" />

So David said to Uriah, &#8220;Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.&#8221; So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one.<n id="1" />

Elisha replied, &#8220;Hear the word of the <sc>Lordsc>! This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;About this time tomorrow a seah<n id="1" /> of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.&#8217;&#8221;

The prophet told the king, &#8220;Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.&#8221;

Tomorrow march down against them as<n id="1" /> they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel.

<p class="poetry">But look, there is outright celebration!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You say, &#8220;Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep,p> <p class="poetry">eat meat and drink wine.p> <p class="poetry">Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

My integrity will testify for me<n id="1" /> later on.<n id="2" /> When you come to verify that I&#8217;ve taken only the wages we agreed on,<n id="3" /> if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">Moses said, &#8220;I am going to go out<n id="1" /> from you and pray to the <sc>Lordsc>, and the swarms of flies will go away from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only do not let Pharaoh deal falsely again<n id="2" /> by not releasing<n id="3" /> the people to sacrifice to the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;

He said to them, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> has said: &#8216;Tomorrow is a time of cessation from work,<n id="1" /> a holy Sabbath<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>. Whatever you want to<n id="3" /> bake, bake today;<n id="4" /> whatever you want to boil, boil today; whatever is left put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.&#8217;&#8221;p>

So Moses said to Joshua, &#8220;Choose some of our<n id="1" /> men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;And say to the people, &#8216;Sanctify yourselves<n id="1" /> for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing<n id="2" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>, saying, &#8220;Who will give us meat to eat,<n id="3" /> for life<n id="4" /> was good for us in Egypt?&#8221; Therefore the <sc>Lordsc> will give you meat, and you will eat.

put fire in them, and set incense on them before the <sc>Lordsc> tomorrow, and the man whom the <sc>Lordsc> chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!&#8221;

Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: &#8216;Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says, &#8220;You are contaminated,<n id="1" /> O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told Joshua, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn<n id="1" /> their chariots.&#8221;

but as a reminder to us and you,<n id="1" /> and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the <sc>Lordsc> in his very presence<n id="2" /> with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace.<n id="3" /> Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, &#8216;You have no right to worship the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;<n id="4" />

We said, &#8216;If in the future they say such a thing<n id="1" /> to us or to our descendants, we will reply, &#8220;See the model of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s altar that our ancestors<n id="2" /> made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.&#8221;&#8217;<n id="3" />

When the man got ready to leave<n id="1" /> with his concubine and his servant,<n id="2" /> his father-in-law, the girl&#8217;s father, said to him, &#8220;Look! The day is almost over!<n id="3" /> Stay another night! Since the day is over,<n id="4" /> stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home.&#8221;<n id="5" />

Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> in those days), &#8220;Should we<n id="2" /> once more march out to fight the Benjaminites our brothers,<n id="3" /> or should we<n id="4" /> quit?&#8221; The <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;Attack, for tomorrow I will hand them<n id="5" /> over to you.&#8221;p>

&#8220;At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate<n id="1" /> him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">They said to the messengers who had come, &#8220;Here&#8217;s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: &#8216;Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.&#8217;&#8221; When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy.