⁵ And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

¹⁷ And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

⁶ God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

¹⁸ And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

⁴ because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

¹⁸ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

²⁸ brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched `grain', and beans, and lentils, and parched `pulse',

²⁹ and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

⁶ who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

⁷ because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

⁸ We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.