⁶ “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

¹⁰ Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of yours?”^(A)

²⁵ You know that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to learn your comings and goings and to learn all that you are doing.”^(A)

¹⁷ who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”^(A)

² he said to them, “I am now one hundred twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the Lord has told me, ‘You shall not cross over this Jordan.’^(A)