1 Samuel 10:3

Bethel (of Palestine)Tabor (Plain)

¹ Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

² When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

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.

⁴ They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.

⁵ After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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:
WEB: “Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men will meet you there going up to God to Bethel: one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a container of wine.
ASV: 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:
DARBY: And thou shalt go on forward from thence, and shalt come to the oak of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God, to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three cakes of bread, and another carrying a flask of wine.
BLB: And you shall go on from there and beyond, and come to the Oak of Tabor, and there will meet you three men going up to God at Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and one carrying three loaves of bread, and one carrying a skin of wine;

ÅB: Og når du går videre derfra og kommer til Tabors ek, skal du der møte tre menn som er på vei opp til Gud i Betel, en som bærer tre kje, og en som bærer tre brød, og en som bærer en skinnsekk med vin.
OTB: Så skal du gå videre derfra og komme til Tabors eik. Der vil tre menn som går opp til Gud i Betel, møte deg, en bærende tre unge geiter, en annen bærende tre brød, og en annen bærende en skinnsekk med vin.
B1930: Og når du går videre derfra og kommer til Tabors ek, skal du der møte tre menn som er på vei op til Gud i Betel, en som bærer tre kje, og en som bærer tre brød, og en som bærer en skinnsekk med vin.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 28:22
And 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.”
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Genesis 35:3
Then 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.”
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Genesis 35:1
Then 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.”
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Genesis 28:19
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
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Leviticus 3:6
If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.
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Numbers 15:5–12
With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.
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Judges 4:6
She 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.
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Leviticus 1:10
If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
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