¹¹ Shall I take my bread and my water and the meat that I have butchered for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”

⁶ But the officials of Succoth said, “Do you already have in your possession the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna, that we should give bread to your army?”^(A)

¹⁰ So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.^(A)

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without complaining.

⁹ as unknown and yet are well known, as dying and look—we are alive, as punished and yet not killed,^(A)

²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”^{(A) 30} The man answered, “Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

The Value of Diligence

¹⁴ But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he shouted insults at them. ¹⁵ Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we never missed anything when we were in the fields as long as we were with them;^(A)