Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.

But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, “Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’

This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.

ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;

“You shall also make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the tent, and a covering of badger skins above that.

And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.

ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;

And every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and badger skins, brought them.

Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins above that.

the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the covering;

He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges animal for animal, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy.

and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.

‘And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’ ”

Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue; and they shall insert its poles.

They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.

Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.

“Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.

Then they shall take all the utensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a carrying beam.

They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there—the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar—and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles.

They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,

whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds;

And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.

Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land,