1 Samuel 10:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.”
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“Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And thou hast passed on thence, and beyond, and hast come in unto the oak of Tabor, and found thee there have three men going up unto God to Beth-El, one bearing three kids, and one bearing three cakes of bread, and one bearing a bottle of wine,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 10:3 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Genesis 28:22And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Genesis 35:3Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
- Genesis 35:6So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
- Leviticus 1:10If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
- Leviticus 3:6If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.
- Leviticus 3:12If one’s offering is a goat, he is to present it before the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:13Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread.
- Leviticus 23:13along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
- Numbers 15:5With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.
- Joshua 19:12From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
- Joshua 19:22The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.
- Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
- Judges 4:12When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
- Judges 8:18Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
- Judges 20:18The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
- Judges 20:23They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
- Judges 20:27And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
- Psalms 89:12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
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