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Mantle in the Bible - a Christian perspective


The story of Elisha's calling of a successor. He marked his successor by placing his mantle on him as he worked.
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Topics: Elijah, Elisha, Mantle
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1 Kings 19:19-21 (KJV)

 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I…

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