16. And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,
17. for a word [is] unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.'
18. And he saith to him, `I also [am] a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;' --he hath lied to him.
19. And he turneth back with him, and eateth bread in his house, and drinketh water.
20. And it cometh to pass--they are sitting at the table--and a word of Jehovah is unto the prophet who brought him back,
21. and he calleth unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the command that Jehovah thy God charged thee,
22. and turnest back and dost eat bread and drink water in the place of which He said unto thee, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water--thy carcase cometh not in unto the buryingplace of thy fathers.'
23. And it cometh to pass, after his eating bread, and after his drinking, that he saddleth for him the ass, for the prophet whom he had brought back,
24. and he goeth, and a lion findeth him in the way, and putteth him to death, and his carcase is cast in the way, and the ass is standing near it, and the lion is standing near the carcase.
25. And lo, men are passing by, and see the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing near the carcase, and they come and speak [of it] in the city in which the old prophet is dwelling.
26. And the prophet who brought him back out of the way heareth and saith, `It [is] the man of God who provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth him to the lion, and it destroyeth him, and putteth him to death, according to the word of Jehovah that he spake to him.'
27. And he speaketh unto his sons saying, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle [it].
28. And he goeth and findeth his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion are standing near the carcase--the lion hath not eaten the carcase nor destroyed the ass.
29. And the prophet taketh up the carcase of the man of God, and placeth it on the ass, and bringeth it back, and the old prophet cometh in unto the city to mourn and to bury him,
30. and he placeth his carcase in his own grave, and they mourn for him, `Oh, my brother!'
31. And it cometh to pass, after his burying him, that he speaketh unto his sons, saying, `At my death--ye have buried me in the burying-place in which the man of God is buried; near his bones place my bones;