1 Samuel 10:3

Then thou shall go on forward from there, and thou shall come to the oak of Tabor. And there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and anothe

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In The King James Version

Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

In Context

2When thou are departed from me today, then thou shall find two men by Rachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And they will say to thee, The donkeys which thou went to seek are found, and, lo, thy father has left of

4And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou shall receive from their hand.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at first.

Genesis 35:1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to thee when thou fled from the face of Esau thy brother.

Genesis 35:6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people that were with him.

Leviticus 3:6And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to LORD be of the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

Leviticus 7:13He shall offer his oblation with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving with cakes of leavened bread.

Numbers 15:5And wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, thou shall prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 10:2-9

Saul Anointed by Samuel; Samuel's Address to Saul. ( b. c. 1070.) 1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you,… Read the whole commentary →

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