<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>

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;

<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.

<p class="bodytext">Saul sent messengers to David&#8217;s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David&#8217;s wife Michal told him, &#8220;If you do not save yourself<n id="1" /> tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">David said to Jonathan, &#8220;Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal.<n id="1" /> You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

Jonathan said to David, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel is my witness.<n id="1" /> I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know?<n id="2" />

Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,<n id="1" /> &#8220;May the gods judge me severely<n id="2" /> if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants&#8217; houses. They will carry away all your valuables.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Then the king asked her, &#8220;What&#8217;s your problem?&#8221; She answered, &#8220;This woman said to me, &#8216;Hand over your son; we&#8217;ll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.&#8217;

You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the <sc>Lordsc> deliver you,<n id="1" /> O Judah and Jerusalem. Don&#8217;t be afraid and don&#8217;t panic!<n id="2" /> Tomorrow march out toward them; the <sc>Lordsc> is with you!&#8217;&#8221;p>