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But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "^(f)Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord .'

You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and ^(g)I will show you what you shall do; and ^(h)you shall anoint for Me the one whom I ^[a]designate to you."

So Samuel did what the Lord said, and came to ⁽ⁱ⁾Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, "^(j)Do you come in peace?"

He said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord . ^(k)Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.