1 Samuel 10:3

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:

Then shalt thou go on {H2498} forward {H1973} from thence, and thou shalt come {H935} to the plain {H436} of Tabor {H8396}, and there shall meet {H4672} thee three {H7969} men {H582} going up {H5927} to God {H430} to Bethel {H1008}, one {H259} carrying {H5375} three {H7969} kids {H1423}, and another {H259} carrying {H5375} three {H7969} loaves {H3603} of bread {H3899}, and another {H259} carrying {H5375} a bottle {H5035} of wine {H3196}:

Go on from there, and you will come to the Oak of Tavor. Three men will meet you there on their way up to God at Beit-El. One of them will be carrying three kids, another three loaves of bread and the third a skin of wine.

Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

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

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 35:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  • Genesis 35:3 (4 votes)

    And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

  • Genesis 28:22 (4 votes)

    And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

  • Genesis 28:19 (3 votes)

    And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.

  • Leviticus 1:10 (2 votes)

    ¶ And if his offering [be] of the flocks, [namely], of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

  • Leviticus 3:6 (2 votes)

    ¶ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD [be] of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

  • Joshua 19:12 (2 votes)

    And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,