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2 Kings 4:23

21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.

22 And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”

“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.

24 Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

25 So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
KJV
And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
WEB
He said, “Why would you want to go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “It’s all right.”
ASV
And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
DARBY
And he said, Why wilt thou go to him to-day? It is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, [It is] well.
BLB
And he said, “Why [are] you going to him today? [It is] not the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “Peace.”
ÅB
Han sa: Hvorfor vil du gå til ham idag? Det er jo hverken nymåne eller sabbat. Men hun sa: La meg bare gå!
OTB
Men han sa, "Hvorfor går du til ham i dag? Det er verken nymåne eller sabbat." Og hun sa, "Det vil gå bra."
B1930
Han sa: Hvorfor vil du gå til ham idag? Det er jo hverken nymåne eller sabbat. Men hun sa: La mig bare gå!

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Cross references

  • Numbers 10:10

    And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:31

    Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

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  • Numbers 28:11

    At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

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  • Isaiah 1:13–15

    Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

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