And Elisha returned to Gilgal. And the famine was in the land. And the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his young man, Set on the big pot and boil soup for the sons of the prophets.
And one went out to the field to gather herbs, and found a vine of the field, and gathered wild gourds from it in the field. And with the lap of his garment full, he came in and shredded them into the pot of soup; for they did not know.
Behold, if a man lifts up holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touches his skirt to the bread, or boiled food, or wine, or oil, or any food, will it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
And one of the people answered and said, Swearing your father made the people swear, saying, Cursed shall be the man who eats food today; and the people were weak.