⁷ Then you shall take ^(A)the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

¹⁵ and you shall anoint them just as you have anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to Me; and their anointing will ^[a]qualify them for a ^(A)permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

Samuel Goes to Bethlehem

16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, “^(A)How long are you going to mourn for ^[a]Saul, since ^(B)I have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^(C)Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to ^(D)Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have ^(E)chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”

David Anointed

¹² So he sent word and brought him in. Now he was ^[a]reddish, with ^(A)beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the Lord said, “^(B)Arise, anoint him; for this is he.” ¹³ So Samuel took the horn of oil and ^(C)anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and ^(D)the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

Exaltation of the Afflicted

Seventy Weeks and the Messiah

²⁴ “Seventy ^[a](A)weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to ^[b]finish the wrongdoing, to ^[c]make an end of sin, to ^(B)make atonement for guilt, to bring in ^(C)everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and ^[d]prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. ²⁵ So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a ^[e](D)decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until ^[f](E)Messiah the ^(F)Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with ^[g]streets and moat, even in times of distress. ²⁶ Then after the sixty-two weeks, the ^[h]Messiah will be ^(G)cut off and have ^[i]nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will ^(H)destroy the city and the sanctuary. And ^[j]its end will come with a ^(I)flood; even to the end ^[k]there will be war; desolations are determined.