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He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
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Burning the Plows
Commentators unanimously highlight that Elisha's actions were deeply symbolic. By slaughtering the very oxen he was plowing with and using his wooden farming implements as fuel for the fire, he made a decisive and public break with his former life. This act demonstrated his total commitment to his new calling, leaving no option for turning back.
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1 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Elisha returns to his oxen and laborers. He signals his relinquishment of his home and former calling by slaughtering the specific yoke of oxen he …
19th Century
Anglican
And he returned. —Like Matthew in Luke 9:27-29, Elisha, probably after sacrifice, makes a feast of farewell to his home, and of ho…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he returned back from him To his father's house, and took his leave, and then came back into the field, perhaps …
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Elijah found Elisha by Divine direction, not in the schools of the prophets, but in the field; not reading, or praying, or sacrificing, but ploughi…
