31. Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of God came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
32. With them, he built an altar in the name of Yahweh, and he made a trench which would have held about two seahs of seed, all around the altar.
33. And he arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces, and placed it on the wood. Then he said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”
34. He said, “Do it again!” They did it again. He said, “Do it a third time!” So they did it a third time.
35. The water went all around the altar, and the trench also was filled with water.
36. It happened at the offering of the evening oblation, Elijah the prophet went near, and he said, “O Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and that I have done all of these things by your words.