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First Reading for Monday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time II

1 Kings 17:1-6

Summary: Elijah told Ahab there would be no rain except by his word. God then sent Elijah to the Wadi Cherith, where ravens fed him and he drank from the stream.

Elijah and the Ravens

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.”

The LORD then said to Elijah: “Leave here, go east and hide in the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan. You shall drink of the stream, and I have commanded ravens to feed you there.”

So he left and did as the LORD had commanded. He went and remained by the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan. Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the stream.

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