7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.” 8 But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place. 9 For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”
1 Kings 13:7–9
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1 Kings 13:15–17
15 So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.” 16 But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place. 17 For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink wate…
1 Kings 13:21–23
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2 Kings 5:15–17
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1 Kings 17:3–5
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Genesis 24:32–34
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2 Kings 22:14–16
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Ezekiel 2:7–9
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Numbers 24:10–12
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