1 Samuel 10:3

And when thou shalt depart from thence, and go farther on, and shalt come to the oak of Thabor, there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of Rachel in the borders of Benjamin to the south, and they shall say to thee: The asses are found which thou wentest to seek: and thy father thinking no more of the asses is concerned for you, and saith: What shall I do for my son?

4And they will salute thee, and will give thee two loaves, and thou shalt take them at their hand.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:19And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.

Genesis 35:1In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau thy brother.

Genesis 35:6And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.

Leviticus 3:6But if his oblation and the sacrifice of peace offering be of the flock, whether he offer male or female, they shall be without blemish.

Leviticus 7:13Moreover leaves of leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanks, which is offered for peace offerings:

Numbers 15:5And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. 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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