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1 Kings 18:33

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

32 And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,

34 and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.

35 So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

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BSB
Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
KJV
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
WEB
He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”
ASV
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.
DARBY
and he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four pitchers with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.
BLB
And he arranged the wood, and he cut into pieces the bull and laid [it] on the wood.
ÅB
Så la han veden til rette og hugg oksen i stykker og la den ovenpå veden.
OTB
Så la han veden ut, og skar oksen i stykker og la den på veden. Og han sa: "Fyll fire krukker med vann og hell det over brennofferet og på veden."
B1930
Så la han veden til rette og hugg oksen i stykker og la den ovenpå veden.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 22:9

    When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.

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  • Judges 6:20

    And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.

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  • John 11:39–40

    “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”

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  • Daniel 3:25

    “Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”

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  • Daniel 3:19

    At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

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  • Leviticus 1:6–8

    Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

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  • John 19:33–34

    But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

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