<p class="bodytext">Then I<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it.&#8221; So they weighed out my payment &#8211; thirty pieces of silver.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Moses said to him, &#8220;When I leave the city<n id="1" /> I will spread my hands to the <sc>Lordsc>, the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />

Isn&#8217;t this what we told you<n id="1" /> in Egypt, &#8216;Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians,<n id="2" /> because it is better for us to serve<n id="3" /> the Egyptians than to die in the desert!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But<n id="1" /> the man who is ceremonially clean, and was not on a journey, and fails<n id="2" /> to keep the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people.<n id="3" /> Because he did not bring the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s offering at its appointed time, that man must bear his sin.<n id="4" />

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open<n id="1" /> your hand to your fellow Israelites<n id="2" /> who are needy and poor in your land.p>

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>

<p class="bodytext">So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another.<n id="1" /> When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, &#8220;Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?&#8221;<n id="1" /> They said, &#8220;Attack! The sovereign one<n id="2" /> will hand it over to the king.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When he came before the king, the king asked him, &#8220;Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?&#8221; He answered him, &#8220;Attack! You will succeed; the <sc>Lordsc> will hand it over to the king.&#8221;<n id="1" />

So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, &#8220;Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?&#8221;<n id="1" /> They said, &#8220;Attack! God<n id="2" /> will hand it over to the king.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Micaiah<n id="1" /> came before the king and the king asked him, &#8220;Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?&#8221; He answered him, &#8220;Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Necho<n id="1" /> sent messengers to him, saying, &#8220;Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah?<n id="2" /> I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war.<n id="3" /> God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.&#8221;<n id="4" />

But there were ten men among them who said<n id="1" /> to Ishmael, &#8220;Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field.<n id="2" /> So he spared their lives and did not kill<n id="3" /> them along with the rest.<n id="4" />

Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen,<n id="1" /> and speak to them &#8211; say to them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says,&#8217; whether they pay attention or not.&#8221;p>

But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue<n id="1" /> and you must say to them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says.&#8217; Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse,<n id="2" /> for they are a rebellious house.p>

But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free<n id="1" /> from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you.<n id="2" /> But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so.<n id="3" /> You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go.<n id="4" /> Go wherever you choose.&#8221;<n id="5" />