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 in the  vicinity  of  the  Jordan. The prophet  obeyed,  and  behold, the ravens  brought  him  bread  or  flesh  every  morning  and  every evening for  many  days:  and  he  drank  of  the  torrent.

Some time  after  the  brook  ran  dry,  and  the  Lord  commanded Elias  to  go  to  Sarepta  (Fig. 48) ,  a city  of  Sidon. Elias went accordingly,  and  when  he  drew  near  the  gate  of  the  city  he saw  a woman  gathering  sticks,  and  he  called  her  and  said:  “Give me a little  water  in  a vessel  that  I may  drink.”



As the  woman  was  going  to  fetch  it  he  called  after  her: “Bring me  also  a morsel  of  bread.”  She  answered:  “As  the  Lord thy God  liveth,  I have  no  bread,  but  only  a handful  of  meal  in a pot  and  a little  oil  in  a cruse;  I am  gathering  two  sticks  that