Like the cold of snow in harvest time, so is a faithful messenger to those sending him, for he refreshes his master’s soul.
A wicked messenger falls into an evil way, but a faithful envoy is healing.
to cause you to know the certainty of the words of truth, to return the words of truth to those who send to you?
Like cold waters to a weary soul, so is a good report from a far country.
He sending messages by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the rulers, returned from the sons of Reuben, and from the sons of Gad out of the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought word back to them.