1 Samuel 16:2

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.

Cross References

1 Samuel 9:12

They answered, He is; behold, he is just beyond you. Hurry, for he came today to the city because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.

1 Samuel 20:29

He said, Let me go, I pray, for our family holds a sacrifice in the city and my brother commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers. That is why he has not come to the king's table.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. [Gen. 3:1.]

Luke 1:34

And Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I have no [intimacy with any man as a] husband?

Exodus 3:11

And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?

1 Samuel 16:3

And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one I name to you.