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P. Moses and Elias Fasted Forty Days

MOSES AND ELIAS FASTED FORTY DAYS.

Moses.—“And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.” EXODUS xxxiv, 28.

Elias.—“And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.” I KINGS xix, 7, 8.