But he said,"Please,Lord,nowsend[the message] by whomever You will."
"The LORD,the Godof heaven,whotookme from my father'shouseand from the landof my birth,and whospoketo me and whosworeto me, saying,To your descendantsI will givethisland,'He will sendHis angelbeforeyou, and you will takea wifefor my sonfrom there.
"Then let them gatherallthe foodof thesegoodyearsthat are coming,and storeup the grainfor foodin the citiesunderPharaoh'sauthority,and let them guard[it].
The angelwho has redeemedme from allevil,Blessthe lads;And may my nameliveon in them, And the namesof my fathersAbrahamand Isaac;And may they growinto a multitudein the midstof the earth."
But he himselfwenta day'sjourneyinto the wilderness,and cameand satdownundera junipertree;and he requestedfor himselfthat he might die,and said,"It is enough;now,O LORD,takemy life,for I am not betterthanmy fathers."
"Behold,I am going to sendan angelbeforeyou to guardyou along the wayand to bringyou into the placewhichI have prepared.
Then Mosessaid,"What ifthey will not believeme or listento whatI say?For they may say,The LORDhas not appearedto you.'"
"Nowthen go,and I, even I, will be with your mouth,and teachyou whatyou are to say."
Then the angerof the LORDburnedagainst Moses,and He said,"Is there not your brotherAaronthe Levite?I knowthat he speaksfluently.And moreover,behold,he is comingout to meetyou; when he seesyou, he will be gladin his heart.
Then I said,"Alas,LordGOD!Behold,I do not knowhow to speak,BecauseI am a youth."
But if I say,"I will not rememberHim Or speakanymorein His name,"Then in my heartit becomeslike a burningfireShutup in my bones;And I am wearyof holding[it] in, And I cannotendure[it].
But Jonahroseup to fleeto Tarshishfrom the presenceof the LORD.So he wentdownto Joppa,founda shipwhich was goingto Tarshish,paidthe fareand wentdowninto it to gowith them to Tarshishfrom the presenceof the LORD.
So the captainapproachedhim and said,"Howis it that you are sleeping?Getup, callon your god.Perhaps[your] godwill be concernedabout us so that we will not perish."
"The Sonof Manwill send forthHis angels,and they will gatherout of His kingdomallstumbling blocks,and thosewho commitlawlessness,
Jesusansweredand saidto them, "Thisis the workof God,that you believein Him whomHe has sent."
Now the angelof the LORDcameup from Gilgalto Bochim.And he said,"I broughtyou up out of Egyptand ledyou into the landwhichI have swornto your fathers;and I said,I will neverbreakMy covenantwith you,
