2 Kings 2:6-8

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⁶ Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.^{(A) 7} Fifty men of the company of prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.^{(B) 8} Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and the two of them crossed on dry ground.^(C)