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1 Kings 19:19-21
GOD’S WORD Translation
1 Kings 19:19-21
GOD’S WORD Translation
The Call of Elisha
19 Elijah found Elisha, son of Shaphat. Elisha was plowing behind 12 pairs of oxen. He was using the twelfth pair. Elijah took off his coat and put it on Elisha. 20 So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye. Then I will follow you.”
“Go back,” Elijah answered him. “I’m not stopping you.”
21 Elisha left him, took two oxen, and butchered them. He boiled the meat, using the oxen’s yoke [a] ⌞for firewood⌟. He gave the meat to the people to eat. Then he left to follow and assist Elijah.
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- 19:21 A yoke is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.
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