Then a manof Godcameto Eliand saidto him, "Thussaysthe LORD,Did I [not] indeedrevealMyself to the houseof your fatherwhen they were in Egypt[in bondage] to Pharaoh'shouse?
Now behold,there camea manof Godfrom Judahto Bethelby the wordof the LORD,while Jeroboamwas standingby the altarto burnincense.
Then the womancameand toldher husband,saying,"A manof Godcameto me and his appearancewas like the appearanceof the angelof God,veryawesome.And I did not askhim wherehe [came] from, nordid he tellme his name.
Now thisis the blessingwith whichMosesthe manof Godblessedthe sonsof Israelbeforehis death.
Now the LORDsaidto Aaron,"Goto meetMosesin the wilderness."So he wentand methim at the mountainof Godand kissedhim.
for noprophecywas evermadeby an act of humanwill,but menmovedby the HolySpiritspokefrom God.
But fleefrom these things,you manof God,and pursuerighteousness,godliness,faith,love,perseverance[and] gentleness.
He passedthrough the hillcountryof Ephraimand passedthrough the landof Shalishah,but they did not find[them]. Then they passedthrough the landof Shaalim,but [they were] not [there]. Then he passedthrough the landof the Benjamites,but they did not find[them].
that the LORDsenta prophetto the sonsof Israel,and he saidto them, "Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof Israel,'It was I who broughtyou up from Egyptand broughtyou out from the houseof slavery.
The LORDsaidto Mosesand Aaron,"Thisis the ordinanceof the Passover:noforeigneris to eatof it;
Now the LORDsaidto Mosesand Aaronin the landof Egypt,
"In that dayI will carryout againstEliallthat I have spokenconcerninghis house,from beginningto end.
So SolomondismissedAbiatharfrom beingpriestto the LORD,in order to fulfillthe wordof the LORD,whichHe had spokenconcerningthe houseof Eliin Shiloh.
He saidto him, "Beholdnow,there is a manof Godin thiscity,and the manis heldin honor;allthat he sayssurelycomestrue. Nowlet us gothere,perhapshe can tellus about our journeyon whichwe have setout."
