6. Elijah said to him, “Stay here, please. The Lord has sent me on to the Jordan.” Elisha replied, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two went on together.
7. Fifty of the guild prophets followed and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood next to the Jordan.
8. Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up and struck the water: it divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.