וֶאֱלִישָׁע֙ הַנָּבִ֔יא קָרָ֕א לְאַחַ֖ד מִבְּנֵ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜וֹ חֲגֹ֣ר מָתְנֶ֗יךָ וְ֠קַח פַּ֣ךְ הַשֶּׁ֤מֶן הַזֶּה֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ וְלֵ֖ךְ רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָֽד׃
Tinawag ni propeta Eliseo ang isa sa mga anak ng mga propeta at sinabi sa kanya, “Bigkisan mo ang iyong baywang, dalhin mo sa iyong kamay ang sisidlang ito ng langis, at pumunta ka sa Ramot-gilead.”
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Elisha the prophet called, etc. At the same time that Yehorom was ill in Yizre’el.
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One of the prophets’ disciples. It was Yonah son of Amitai.
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“Gird you loins.” Every “girding of the loins” is an expression of hurry1See above 4:29, and Shemos 12:11. [and] might; because he was sent on a perilous mission (he needed to hurry).2Even though one who performs a mitzvah is ordinarily immune from any harm befalling him, this does not apply to exceptionally dangerous activities such as this. See Maseches Chulin 142a.