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Elijah in the Wilderness Fed by Ravens

1604
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

According to the Old Testament, Elijah, a ninth-century BC Hebrew prophet, survived his time in the wilderness with the help of a raven sent by God, who fed him bread and venison.

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