1 Samuel 9:18-27
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Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, "Tell me where is the house of the seer?"
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Samuel answered Saul, "I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for today you shall eat with me, and in the morning I will let you go and will tell you all that is on your mind.
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x As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father's house?"
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Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjaminite, y from the least of the tribes of Israel? z And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?"
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Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons.
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And Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, 'Put it aside.'"
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So the cook took up a the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, "See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests." So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
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And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul b on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.
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Then at the break of dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Up, that I may send you on your way." So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.
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As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God."
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Cross References
1 Samuel 9:3
Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, "Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.
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Cross References
Judges 20:46
So all who fell that day of Benjamin were 25,000 men who drew the sword, all of them men of valor.
Judges 21:6
And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.
Psalms 68:27
There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 15:17
And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
Judges 6:15
And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:22
You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination).
Exodus 29:27
And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests' portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron's and his sons'.
Leviticus 7:32 - 33
And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings.
Ezekiel 24:4
Put in it the pieces of meat, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.
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Cross References
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2 Samuel 16:22
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Nehemiah 8:16
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Matthew 24:17
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Acts 10:9
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