33 Then observers informed Saul, saying, “Look, the people are (A)sinning against the Lord by eating meat with the blood.” And he said, “You have acted treacherously; roll a large rock to me today.” 34 Then Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each one of you bring me his ox or his sheep, and slaughter it here and eat; and do not sin against the Lord by eating it with the blood.’” So all the people brought them that night, each one his ox [a]with him, and they slaughtered them there. 35 And (B)Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:34 Lit with his hand

33 Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood(A) in it.”

“You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.” 34 Then he said, “Go out among the men and tell them, ‘Each of you bring me your cattle and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat them. Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with blood still(B) in it.’”

So everyone brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there. 35 Then Saul built an altar(C) to the Lord; it was the first time he had done this.

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