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Samuel answered, “If I do that, Saul will find out and have me killed.”

“Take a calf with you,” the Lord replied. “Tell everyone that you've come to offer it as a sacrifice to me, then invite Jesse to the sacrifice.[a] When I show you which one of his sons I have chosen, pour the olive oil on his head.”

Samuel did what the Lord told him and went to Bethlehem. The town leaders went to meet him, but they were terribly afraid and asked, “Is this a friendly visit?”

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Footnotes

  1. 16.3 sacrifice: A sacrifice often involved a dinner where the meat from the sacrificed animal would be served.

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