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|1 Reyes 18:21|
Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.
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|1 Reyes 18:22|
Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the LORD’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
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|1 Reyes 18:23|
Get two bulls for us. Let them choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it.
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|1 Reyes 18:24|
Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire — he is God.” Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”
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|1 Reyes 18:25|
Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
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|1 Reyes 18:26|
So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “O Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no-one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
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|1 Reyes 18:27|
At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or travelling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”
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|1 Reyes 18:28|
So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
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|1 Reyes 18:29|
Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no-one answered, no-one paid attention.
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|1 Reyes 18:30|
Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which was in ruins.
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