⁷ And it shall be when these signs come to you, ^(A)do for yourself what ^[a]the occasion requires, because ^(B)God is with you. ⁸ And ^(C)you shall go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will be coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and ^(D)sacrifice peace offerings. ^(E)You shall wait seven days until I come to you and inform you of what you should do.”

⁹ Then it happened, when he turned his back to leave Samuel, that God ^(F)changed ^[b]his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.

³ Then he gave a ^[a]sign on the same day, saying, “^(A)This is the ^[b]sign which the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn to pieces and the ^[c]ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’”