The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom
he had brought back.
KI1 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew
him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the
lion also stood by the carcase.
KI1 13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the
way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in
the city where the old prophet dwelt.
KI1 13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard
thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the
word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion,
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