Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the <sc>Lordsc> had commanded Moses.

He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark.

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung<n id="1" /> the protecting curtain,<n id="2" /> and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had commanded Moses.p>

Then the <sc>Lordsc> met Balaam and put a message<n id="1" /> in his mouth and said, &#8220;Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.&#8221;

He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel<n id="1" /> and Ai.

<p class="bodytext">David thought about what they said<n id="1" /> and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David&#8217;s subjects and brought tribute. The <sc>Lordsc> protected<n id="1" /> David wherever he campaigned.<n id="2" />

So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.

<p class="bodytext">When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

<p class="bodytext">At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked<n id="1" /> Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

Then Elisha<n id="1" /> told the king of Israel, &#8220;Aim the bow.&#8221;<n id="2" /> He did so,<n id="3" /> and Elisha placed his hands on the king&#8217;s hands.

David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus;<n id="1" /> the Arameans became David&#8217;s subjects and brought tribute. The <sc>Lordsc> protected<n id="2" /> David wherever he campaigned.<n id="3" />

He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David&#8217;s subjects. The <sc>Lordsc> protected<n id="1" /> David wherever he campaigned.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But Daniel made up his mind<n id="1" /> that he would not defile<n id="2" /> himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine.<n id="3" /> He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.

Then he will turn his attention<n id="1" /> to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander<n id="2" /> will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition,<n id="3" /> he will make him pay for his shameful conduct.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> will attack the north<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and destroy Assyria.p> <p class="poetry">He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins;p> <p class="poetry">it will be as barren<n id="3" /> as the desert.p>

<p class="bodytext">When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there<n id="1" /> and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up<n id="2" /> his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph&#8217;s. He clothed him with fine linen<n id="1" /> clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

<p class="bodytext">So Joseph made it a statute,<n id="1" /> which is in effect<n id="2" /> to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh&#8217;s.p>

Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the <sc>Lordsc> drove the sea apart<n id="1" /> by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.