²⁷ Then the Lord gave orders to the angel, and he put back his sword into its cover.

¹⁶ And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹¹ Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?

⁵² Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword.

³⁰ Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.

⁶ O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.

²⁰ Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice.

²⁰ And Ornan, turning back, saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him went to a secret place. Now Ornan was crushing his grain.

¹⁵ And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

¹⁶ And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.

¹² Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destruction through all the land of Israel. Now give thought to the answer I am to take back to him who sent me.

¹⁴ Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?