1 Kings 19:20-21

GOD’S WORD Translation

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.