1 Samuel 9:12 ““Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has…”

1 Samuel 9:12

“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

World English Bible

They answered them and said, “He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.

American Standard Version

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he is come to-day into the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they answered them, and said, Yea: loe, he is before you: make haste nowe, for he came this day to the citie: for there is an offering of the people this day in the hie place.

Darby Translation

And they answered them and said, He is; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he came to-day to the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place.

Young's Literal Translation

And they answer them and say, 'He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place.

Bible in Basic English

And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:

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Cross references

“sacrifice”

Genesis 31:54 1 Samuel 16:2 Deuteronomy 12:6 Deuteronomy 12:7 1 Corinthians 5:7 1 Corinthians 5:8

Genesis 31:54 · BSB

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

1 Samuel 16:2 · BSB

“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

Deuteronomy 12:6 · BSB

To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

Deuteronomy 12:7 · BSB

There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

1 Corinthians 5:7 · BSB

Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

1 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

“the high place”

1 Kings 3:2–4 1 Chronicles 16:39

1 Kings 3:2–4 · BSB

The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.

1 Chronicles 16:39 · BSB

And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

Also

1 Samuel 10:5 1 Samuel 7:17 Numbers 28:11–15

1 Samuel 10:5 · BSB

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 l…

1 Samuel 7:17 · BSB

Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

Numbers 28:11–15 · BSB

At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

13As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”

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