⁶¹ In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

¹⁶ The descendants of the Kenite, Moses’s father-in-law,^(A) had gone up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms^[a](B) to the Wilderness of Judah, which was in the Negev of Arad.^(C) They went to live among the people.

⁶ There was a man sent from God whose name was John.^{(A) 7} He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.^[a]

¹⁴ But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire.^(A)