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2 Kings 6:4

Jordan

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

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BSB
So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
KJV
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
WEB
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
ASV
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
DARBY
And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees.
BLB
And he went with them, and they came to the Jordan, and they cut down the trees.
ÅB
Så gikk han med dem, og da de kom til Jordan, tok de til å felle trær.
OTB
Så han gikk med dem; og da de nådde Jordan, begynte de å hugge trær.
B1930
Så gikk han med dem, og da de kom til Jordan, tok de til å felle trær.

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  • Deuteronomy 19:5

    As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

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  • Deuteronomy 29:11

    Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

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