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42 Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “(A)Give them to the people that they may eat.” 43 And his attendant said, “What, (B)will I give this before one hundred men?” But he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat, for thus says Yahweh, ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’” 44 So he gave it before them, and they ate and (C)had some left over, according to the word of Yahweh.

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The Multiplied Bread

42 A man from Baal-shalishah(A) came to the man of God with his sack full of[a] twenty loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”(B)

43 But Elisha’s attendant asked, “What? Am I to set this before a hundred men?” (C)

“Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said, “for this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat, and they will have some left over.’” 44 So he set it before them, and as the Lord had promised, they ate and had some left over.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:42 Or with some heads of fresh grain and