And they said, If you send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel, do not on any account send it away empty, but by all means render to it an offering for the plague; and then shall you be healed, and an atonement shall be made for you. Should not His hand be thus stayed from off you?

And you shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Beth Shemesh, He has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that His hand has not touched us, and this has happened to us by chance.

For I will regard the heavens, the work of Your fingers; the moon and stars, which You have established.

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king's matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.

For the question which the king asks is difficult, and there is no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh.

Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision; and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and said,

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What are we doing? For this Man works many signs.

saying, "What shall we do to these men? For indeed, that a known sign has come to pass by them is evident to all those who are dwelling in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it.