1 Samuel 9:12
And they answered them, and said: 'He is; behold, he is before thee; make haste now, for he is come to-day into the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place.
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Numbers 28:11And in your new moons ye shall present a burnt-offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
1 Samuel 7:17And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and he built there an altar unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 16:2And Samuel said: 'How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.' And the LORD said: 'Take a heifer with thee, and say: I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
1 Kings 3:2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days.
1 Chronicles 16:39and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 9:12-18
Saul Introduced to Samuel. ( b. c. 1070.) 11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? 12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come,… Read the whole commentary →