‘My lords,’ he said, ‘please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.’

‘No,’ they answered, ‘we will spend the night in the square.’

and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square.”

Then he asked, ‘Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?’

and said, “Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

And she added, ‘We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.’

She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.”

Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there.

When they got up the next morning, he said, ‘Send me on my way to my master.’

And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me away to my master.”

When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.

He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.

and Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.

He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

So he stayed there that night, and from what he had with him he took a present for his brother Esau,

So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.

So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.

So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, ‘What are we to drink?’

And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,

and in the morning you will see the glory of the  Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?’

and in the morning you shall see the glory of the  Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against the  Lord. For what are we, that you grumble against us?”

Moses also said, ‘You will know that it was the  Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the  Lord.’

And Moses said, “When the  Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the  Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him— what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the  Lord.”

Then Moses told Aaron, ‘Say to the entire Israelite community, “Come before the  Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.”’

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, ‘Come near before the  Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”

‘I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, “At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the  Lord your God.”’

“I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the  Lord your God.’”

But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, ‘Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?’

But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

‘Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.

‘The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.

“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.

‘Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.

“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning.

‘“Do not defraud or rob your neighbour.

‘“Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.

“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, ‘If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!

And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!

‘How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.

“How long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me? I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.

in this wilderness your bodies will fall – every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.

your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,

So the men Moses had sent to explore the land, who returned and made the whole community grumble against him by spreading a bad report about it –

And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land—

It is against the  Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?’

Therefore it is against the  Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?”

The next day the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. ‘You have killed the  Lord’s people,’ they said.

But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the  Lord.”

The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites.’

And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will make to cease from me the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against you.”

The  Lord said to Moses, ‘Put back Aaron’s staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die.’

And the  Lord said to Moses, “Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.”

‘Spend the night here,’ Balaam said to them, ‘and I will report back to you with the answer the  Lord gives me.’ So the Moabite officials stayed with him.

And he said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the  Lord speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

You grumbled in your tents and said, ‘The  Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.

And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the  Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until morning.

No leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days nor shall any of the flesh that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain all night until morning.

you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight. Be sure to bury it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse. You must not desecrate the land the  Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the  Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.’

and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests’ feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’”

So he had the ark of the  Lord carried round the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

So he caused the ark of the  Lord to circle the city, going about it once. And they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai – but Joshua spent that night with the people.

So Joshua sent them out. And they went to the place of ambush and lay between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai, but Joshua spent that night among the people.

But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the  Lord, the God of Israel.

The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders,

But the people of Israel did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the  Lord, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.

So the Danites sent five of their leading men from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, ‘Go, explore the land.’

So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, “Go and explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

His father-in-law, the woman’s father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking, and sleeping there.

And his father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there.

So the two of them sat down to eat and drink together. Afterwards the woman’s father said, ‘Please stay tonight and enjoy yourself.’

So the two of them sat and ate and drank together. And the girl’s father said to the man, “Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.”

And when the man got up to go, his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.

And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law pressed him, till he spent the night there again.

Then when the man, with his concubine and his servant, got up to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said, ‘Now look, it’s almost evening. Spend the night here; the day is nearly over. Stay and enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow morning you can get up and be on your way home.’

And when the man and his concubine and his servant rose up to depart, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold, now the day has waned toward evening. Please, spend the night. Behold, the day draws to its close. Lodge here and let your heart be merry, and tomorrow you shall arise early in the morning for your journey, and go home.”

But, unwilling to stay another night, the man left and went towards Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

But the man would not spend the night. He rose up and departed and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a couple of saddled donkeys, and his concubine was with him.

When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, ‘Come, let’s stop at this city of the Jebusites and spend the night.’

When they were near Jebus, the day was nearly over, and the servant said to his master, “Come now, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.”

He added, ‘Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places.’

And he said to his young man, “Come and let us draw near to one of these places and spend the night at Gibeah or at Ramah.”

There they stopped to spend the night. They went and sat in the city square, but no one took them in for the night.

and they turned aside there, to go in and spend the night at Gibeah. And he went in and sat down in the open square of the city, for no one took them into his house to spend the night.

‘You are welcome at my house,’ the old man said. ‘Let me supply whatever you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.’

And the old man said, “Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants. Only, do not spend the night in the square.”

So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, ‘I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the  Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.’

Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the  Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.”

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.

David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops.

Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

Now send a message at once and tell David, “Do not spend the night at the fords in the wilderness; cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.”’

Now therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not stay tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’”

Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the  Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come on you from your youth till now.’

Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the  Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

There he went into a cave and spent the night.

And the word of the  Lord came to him: ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’

There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the  Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

They would spend the night stationed round the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.

And they lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.

At that time I also said to the people, ‘Let every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so that they can serve us as guards by night and as workers by day.’

I also said to the people at that time, “Let every man and his servant pass the night within Jerusalem, that they may be a guard for us by night and may labor by day.”

Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem.

Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.

But I warned them and said, ‘Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you.’ From that time on they no longer came on the Sabbath.

But I warned them and said to them, “Why do you lodge outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath.

Surely mockers surround me;
my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

Surely there are mockers about me,
and my eye dwells on their provocation.

If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error remains my concern alone.

And even if it be true that I have erred,
my error remains with myself.

Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.

They lie all night naked, without clothing,
and have no covering in the cold.