Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him, he refreshes the spirit of his masters.
A bad messenger plunges men into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
to show you what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs, returned from the Reubenites and the Gadites in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the people of Israel, and brought back word to them.