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1 Samuel 9:12

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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:

And they answered {H6030} them, and said {H559}, He is {H3426}; behold, he is before {H6440} you: make haste {H4116} now, for he came {H935} to day {H3117} to the city {H5892}; for there is a sacrifice {H2077} of the people {H5971} to day {H3117} in the high place {H1116}:

The girls answered them, "He's here, he's right ahead of you. Hurry now, he just came into the city today, because the people are sacrificing today at the high place.

“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

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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Cross-References

  • Genesis 31:54 (6 votes)

    Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

  • 1 Samuel 16:2 (4 votes)

    And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear [it], he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

  • 1 Samuel 10:5 (4 votes)

    After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

  • 1 Kings 3:2 (4 votes)

    Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

  • 1 Kings 3:4 (4 votes)

    And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

  • Deuteronomy 12:6 (3 votes)

    And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

  • Deuteronomy 12:7 (3 votes)

    And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.