1 Samuel 10:3

Then you are to go on from there, and when you come to the oak-tree of Tabor, you will see three men going up to God to Beth-el, one having with him three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine:

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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 you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son?

4They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:19And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

Genesis 35:1And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

Genesis 35:6And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

Leviticus 3:6And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.

Leviticus 7:13With his peace-offering let him give cakes of leavened bread, as a praise-offering.

Numbers 15:5And for the drink offering, you are to give with the burned offering or other offering, the fourth part of a hin of wine for every 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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