⁴⁰ Then they served it to the men to eat. Now it happened, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is ^(A)death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.

^18 (A)they^[a] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; ^(B)they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

²³ Now when they came to ^(A)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called ^[a]Marah.

¹⁷ Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and ^(A)entreat^[a] the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”

⁹ And she said to her husband, “Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly.

¹³ Again, he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and ^[a]fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him: “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours ^(A)be precious in your sight.

¹¹ Then he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men.

And he answered and said to him: “Man of God, thus has the king said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”

¹⁸ So she said to Elijah, ^(A)“What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?”

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

33 Now this is ^(A)the blessing with which Moses ^(B)the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

⁹ Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. So he went up to him; and there he was, sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’ ”