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1 Samuel 16:4-6
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 16:4-6
English Standard Version
4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city (A)came to meet him trembling and said, (B)“Do you come peaceably?” 5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. (C)Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
6 When they came, he looked on (D)Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.”
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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