Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

 (b) The reading of the scriptures. Seven people from the congregation read. As they read, the ancient Hebrew, which was no longer widely understood, was translated by the Targumist into Aramaic or Greek, in the case of the Law, one verse at a time, in the case of the prophets, three verses at a time. 