¹¹ Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel,^[a] your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the Lord’s Passover.^(A)

²⁹ So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your mantle^(A) 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.^(B) Then place my staff on the boy’s face.”

Jehu Anointed as Israel’s King

9 The prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets^(A) and said, “Tuck your mantle^(B) under your belt, take this flask of oil^(C) with you, and go to Ramoth-gilead.^(D)

¹⁷ “Now, get ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them^(A) or I will cause you to cower before them.

A Call to Holy Living

¹³ Therefore, with your minds ready for action,^(A) be sober-minded^(B) and set your hope^(C) completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation^(D) of Jesus Christ.