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Elijah proposes two unlit offerings; the people accept that the God who answers by fire is God.
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1 Kings 18:23-24

The test of fire

Elijah at Mount Carmel · 1 Kings 18

Story guide: Two bull offerings sit on unlit wood as Elijah lays out the terms, and the crowd agrees to the test.

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23Let two bulls be provided for us. Let Baal's prophets choose one for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood, but put no fire under it. I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood, and I will put no fire under it.

24Then call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh. The god who answers by fire—he is God.” All the people replied, “The proposal is good.”

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