1 Kings 13:7-10 (New International Version)
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The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift."1
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But the man of God answered the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions,2 I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread3 or drink water here.
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For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: 'You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.' "
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So he took another road and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
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