³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.

¹⁴ And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.

¹² The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

³ The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

⁶ Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

⁷ Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

⁸ She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

¹⁹ To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

²⁰ When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

⁹ And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.

¹² And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,

¹¹ Then the armed men took up their positions, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, round about the altar and the house.

¹² Then he made the king's son come out, and put the crown on him and the arm-bands, and made him king, and put the holy oil on him; and they all, making sounds of joy with their hands, said, Long life to the king.

⁵ And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?