And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, / Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, / And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, / Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? / Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.