¹⁸ At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained^(A) in camp.

²⁰ Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the Lord’s command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out.

²¹ He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring^(A) of the Urim^(B) before the Lord. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.”

³⁷ All those the Father gives me^(A) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

⁴ For I wrote you^(A) out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

³ Stay in this land for a while,^(A) and I will be with you^(B) and will bless you.^(C) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands^(D) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.^(E)

³ Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back^(A) to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”^(B)

¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,^(A) and this life is in his Son.^(B)