²² The men^(A) turned away and went toward Sodom,^(B) but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.^[a](C)

²⁷ Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.^(A)

⁵ They took the things Moses commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the entire assembly came near and stood before the Lord.

⁸ At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi^(A) to carry the ark of the covenant^(B) of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister^(C) and to pronounce blessings^(D) in his name, as they still do today.^(E)

²⁰ And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand^(A) in the presence of the Lord, this holy^(B) God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”