¹¹ and be ready by the third day,^(A) because on that day the Lord will come down^(B) on Mount Sinai^(C) in the sight of all the people.

¹⁶ On the morning of the third day there was thunder^(A) and lightning, with a thick cloud^(B) over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast.^(C) Everyone in the camp trembled.^(D)

¹⁷ So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth^(A) and Kiriath Jearim.^(B)

³⁰ They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before.

² On the third day a man^(A) arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head.^(B) When he came to David, he fell^(C) to the ground to pay him honor.^(D)

¹² Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.”

⁵ “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard^(A) your prayer and seen your tears;^(B) I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.

Esther’s Request to the King

5 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes^(A) and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s^(B) hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance.

²³ They will kill him,^(A) and on the third day^(B) he will be raised to life.”^(C) And the disciples were filled with grief.