Quotes about Sacrifice
And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
- 1 Kings 17:11
“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
- 1 Kings 17:13
Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.
- 1 Kings 18:23
Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
- 1 Kings 18:24
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
- 1 Kings 18:25
And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
- 1 Kings 18:26
So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
- 1 Kings 18:28
Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
- 1 Kings 18:29
And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
- 1 Kings 18:32
Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
- 1 Kings 18:33
and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.
- 1 Kings 18:34
So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
- 1 Kings 18:35