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1 Samuel 9:13-15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Samuel 9:13-15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
13 As soon as you enter the city, you will find him, before he goes up to the high place[a] to eat; for the people will not eat till he comes, since he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those eat who are invited. Now go up, for you will meet him immediately.” 14 So they went up to the city. As they were entering the city, they saw Samuel coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.
15 Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel:
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- 9.13 high place: It was customary in early Israel to worship God on raised platforms or hilltops, as the Canaanites did their gods. Later such practices were forbidden as leading to idolatry, and worship was allowed only in Jerusalem; cf. Dent 12.2ff.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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