Thematic Bible: On errands requiring despatch


Thematic Bible



So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your mantle under your belt, take my staff with you, and go. If you meet anyone, don’t stop to greet him, and if a man greets you, don’t answer him. Then place my staff on the boy’s face.”

Don’t carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don’t greet anyone along the road.


Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses bred from the royal racing mares.

My days fly by faster than a runner;
they flee without seeing any good.


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