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1 Kings 18:21-24

21AndElijahאֵלִיָּ֜הוּ'e.li.Ya.huH452camenearuntoallthepeopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971,andsaidH559,Howlonggoye limpingbetweenthetwoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147sides?ifJehovahbeGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430,followhim;butifBaalהַבַּ֖עַלha.Ba.'alH1168,thenfollowhim.Andthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971answeredhimnotawordדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697.

22ThensaidH559Elijahאֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙'e.li.Ya.huH452untothepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,I, evenIonlyH905,amleftH3498aprophetנָבִ֛יאna.Vi'H5030ofJehovah;butBaal’sprophetsוּנְבִיאֵ֣יu.ne.vi.'EiH5030arefourאַרְבַּע־'ar.ba'-H702hundredH3967andfiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

23Letthemthereforegiveוְיִתְּנוּ־ve.yi.te.nu-H5414ustwoשְׁנַ֣יִםshe.Na.yimH8147bullocks;andletthemchooseוְיִבְחֲר֣וּve.yiv.cha.RuH977oneH259bullockforthemselves,andcutוִֽינַתְּחֻ֗הוּvi.na.te.Chu.huH5408itinpieces,andlayitonthewoodהָ֣עֵצִ֔יםha.'e.TzimH6086,andputוְנָֽתַתִּי֙ve.na.ta.TiH5414nofireוְאֵ֖שׁve.'EshH784under;andIwilldresstheotherbullock,andlayitonthewoodהָ֣עֵצִ֔יםha.'e.TzimH6086,andputH5414nofireוְאֵ֖שׁve.'EshH784under.

24Andcallוּקְרָאתֶ֞םu.ke.ra.TemH7121yeonthenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034ofyourgodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,andIwillcallאֶקְרָ֣א'ek.Ra'H7121onthenameבְשֵׁם־ve.shem-H8034ofJehovah;andtheGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430thatanswerethbyfireבָאֵ֖שׁva.'EshH784,lethimbeוְהָיָ֧הve.ha.YahH1961Godהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430.Andallthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971answeredandsaidH559,Itiswellspoken.

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