1 Samuel 9:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The cook took up the upper thigh and set it before Saul. Samuel said, “See, what was reserved is set before you. Eat, for it was kept for you for this appointed time, so that you might eat with the guests.” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

Cross References

Exodus 29:22

“You shall also take the fat of the ram, the fatty tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the appendage of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination),

Exodus 29:27

You shall consecrate the breast that was raised as an elevation offering and the thigh that was lifted up as an offering from the ram of ordination, from that which belonged to Aaron and his sons.

Ezekiel 24:4

put in it the pieces, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice cuts.

Numbers 18:18

but their flesh shall be yours, just as the breast that is elevated and as the right thigh are yours.

1 Samuel 9:23

And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, the one I asked you to put aside.”