1 Samuel 16:2

New American Bible - revised edition

But Samuel replied: “How can I go? Saul will hear of it and kill me.” To this the Lord answered: Take a heifer along and say, “I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Cross References

Exodus 3:11

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

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.

Luke 1:34

But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?”

1 Samuel 16:3

Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I myself will tell you what to do; you are to anoint for me the one I point out to you. Samuel Anoints David.

1 Samuel 20:29

‘Please let me go,’ he begged, ‘for we are having a clan sacrifice in our city, and my brothers insist on my presence. Now then, if you think well of me, give me leave to visit my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”

1 Samuel 9:12

The young women answered, “Yes, there—straight ahead. Hurry now; just today he came to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.