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Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; be quiet [about it].” Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.

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Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.(A)

And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

The company(B) of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”

“Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.”

Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here;(C) the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.”(D)

And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.”(E) So the two of them walked on.

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