⁶ Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on 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.

² Then Elijah said to Elisha, ^(A)“Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.”

But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and ^(B)as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they went down to Bethel.

¹⁵ and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and ^(A)the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the ^(B)Jordan overflows all its banks ^(C)during the whole time of harvest),