⁴ Now therefore thus says the Lord, ^(A)You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’” So Elijah went.

⁴ Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: ^(A)the soul who sins shall die.

^4 (A)But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

¹⁷ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ^(A)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat^[a] of it you ^(B)shall surely die.”

¹⁶ and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of ^(A)Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?—therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’”

¹⁹ Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you ^(A)and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”

⁶ And they said to him, “There came a man to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the Lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of ^(A)Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’”

¹² Arise therefore, go to your house. ^(A)When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.