The Deception of the Old Prophet

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And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of God hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, --yea, they recount them to their father.

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And their father saith unto them, `Where is this--the way he hath gone?' and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah.

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And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it,

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and goeth after the man of God, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, `Art thou the man of God who hast come from Judah?' and he saith, `I am .'

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And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.'

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And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,

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for a word is unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.'

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And he saith to him, `I also am a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;' --he hath lied to him.

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And he turneth back with him, and eateth bread in his house, and drinketh water.

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And it cometh to pass--they are sitting at the table--and a word of Jehovah is unto the prophet who brought him back,

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and he calleth unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the command that Jehovah thy God charged thee,

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and turnest back and dost eat bread and drink water in the place of which He said unto thee, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water--thy carcase cometh not in unto the burying-place of thy fathers.'

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