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1 Kings 13:16

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He 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.

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1 Kings 13:16 in other translations

And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

1 Kings 13:16 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 13:16 in context

  1. 14He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?”
    He said, “I am.”
  2. 15Then he said to him, “Come home with me, and eat bread.”
  3. 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.
  4. 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.’ ”
  5. 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.