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1 Kings 19:20-21
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 19:20-21
New Catholic Bible
20 Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother good-bye and then I will follow you.” But he said, “Go back, what have I done to you?”
21 He went back, and took a yoke of oxen and killed them. He used the oxen’s equipment to boil their meat, and he gave it to the people to eat. He then got up and followed Elijah, ministering to him.[a]
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- 1 Kings 19:21 Elisha demonstrates his commitment to be Elijah’s successor by killing his oxen (i.e., destroying his livelihood as a farmer).
