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1 Kings 13:17

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For it was said to me by Yahweh’s word, ‘You shall eat no bread or drink water there, and don’t turn again to go by the way that you came.’ ”

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1 Kings 13:17 in other translations

for it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

1 Kings 13:17 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 13:17 in context

  1. 15Then he said to him, “Come home with me, and eat bread.”
  2. 16He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
  3. 17For it was said to me by Yahweh’s word, ‘You shall eat no bread or drink water there, and don’t turn again to go by the way that you came.’ ”
  4. 18He said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” He lied to him.
  5. 19So he went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.