¹⁷ For a ^[a]command came to me ^(A)by the word of the Lord: ‘You shall not eat bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way that you came.’”

¹⁸ Then he said to him, “^(A)I too am a prophet like you, and ^(B)an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But ^(C)he lied to him.