2 Kings 4:44

Modern

So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

Traditional

So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.

Literal

And he set it before them, and they ate and had left over, according to the word of YHWH.

Latin

Posuit itaque coram eis: qui comederunt, et superfuit juxta verbum Domini.

Hebrew

English

So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

barley bread from the first ripe grain: This offering was like the first crops usually given to God (Leviticus 23:20) and to the priests (Deuteronomy 18:4–5) as their share. During the famine, Elisha shared the offering with everyone.
Elisha fed a hundred people with a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread, which foreshadowed the miraculous acts Jesus did (Matthew 14:15–21; 15:32–38). Nothing is impossible for God (Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37; 18:27).

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