1 Samuel 16:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Samuel answered, “Yes, I come in peace. I come to make a sacrifice to the Lord. Prepare yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Samuel prepared Jesse and his sons. Then he invited them to come and share the sacrifice.

Cross References

Joshua 3:5

Then Joshua told the people, “Make yourselves pure. Tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among us.”

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said to Moses, “Today and tomorrow you must prepare the people for a special meeting. They must wash their clothes

1 Corinthians 11:28

Before you eat the bread and drink the cup, you should examine your own attitude.

Joshua 7:13

“Now go and make the people pure. Tell them, ‘Make yourselves pure. Prepare for tomorrow. The Lord, the God of Israel, says that some people are keeping things that he commanded to be destroyed. You will never be able to defeat your enemies until you throw away those things.’

Joel 2:16

Bring the people together. Call for a special meeting. Bring together the old men, the children, and the small babies still at their mothers’ breasts. Let the bride and her new husband come from their bedroom.

Job 1:5

The day after each of these parties, Job got up early in the morning, sent for his children, and offered a burnt offering for each of them. He thought, “Maybe my children were careless and sinned against God at their party.” Job always did this so that his children would be forgiven of their sins.

Numbers 11:8

The people gathered the manna. Then they used rocks to crush it and cooked it in a pot. Or they ground it into flour and made thin cakes with it. The cakes tasted like sweet cakes cooked with olive oil.

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob told his family and all the other people with him, “Destroy all these foreign gods that you have. Make yourselves pure. Put on clean clothes.

1 Samuel 20:26

That day Saul said nothing. He thought, “Maybe something happened to David so that he is not clean.”

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord GOD, because the Lord’s day for judging the people is coming soon. The Lord has prepared his sacrifice, and he has told his invited guests to get ready.

1 Kings 2:13

One day Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Solomon’s mother, Bathsheba. She asked him, “Do you come in peace?” Adonijah answered, “Yes, this is a peaceful visit.

1 Chronicles 12:18

Amasai was the leader of the Thirty Heroes. Then the Spirit came on Amasai, and he said, “We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse. Peace, peace to you. Peace to those who help you, because your God helps you.” So David welcomed these men into his group and put them in charge of the troops.