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The angel of the Lord came back a second time. He touched Elijah and he said, ‘Get up and eat more food. Then you will be strong enough to go on a long journey.’ So Elijah got up. He ate the food and he drank the water. The meal made him strong enough to travel for 40 days and 40 nights. He travelled to Sinai, the mountain of God.[a]

The Lord appears to Elijah

Elijah went into a cave on Sinai mountain and he stayed there all night. Suddenly, the Lord spoke to Elijah. He asked Elijah, ‘Elijah, why have you come here?’

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Footnotes

  1. 19:8 Sinai was the mountain where God met Moses. See Exodus 3:1. Moses, Elijah and Jesus all lived without food for 40 days and 40 nights. See Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4.