24 but go into a field of flowers, where no house is built, and eat only of the flowers of the field, and you shall taste no flesh, and shall drink no wine, but shall eat flowers only— (WEB) 25 and pray to the Most High continually, then I will come and talk with you.” (WEB) 26 So I went my way, just as he commanded me, into the field which is called Ardat. There I sat among the flowers, and ate of the herbs of the field, and this food satisfied me. (WEB) 27 It came to pass after seven days that I lay on the grass, and my heart was troubled again, like before. (WEB)
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