1 Samuel 7:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.

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  • Ps 99:6 : 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the LORD and he answered them.
  • Jer 15:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me,“Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
  • Judg 6:26 : 26 Then build an altar for the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down.”
  • Judg 6:28 : 28 When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.
  • 1 Sam 6:14-15 : 14 The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. 15 The Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 7:17 : 17 Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the LORD there.
  • 1 Sam 9:12 : 12 They replied,“Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.
  • 1 Sam 10:8 : 8 You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days, until I arrive and tell you what to do.”
  • 1 Sam 16:2 : 2 Samuel replied,“How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the LORD said,“Take a heifer with you and say,‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
  • 1 Kgs 18:30-38 : 30 Elijah then told all the people,“Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down. 31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the LORD’s message had come,“Israel will be your name.” 32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the LORD. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed. 33 He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. Then he said,“Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.” 34 When they had done so, he said,“Do it again.” So they did it again. Then he said,“Do it a third time.” So they did it a third time. 35 The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench. 36 When it was time for the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and prayed:“O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance.” 38 Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”

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    10As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel.

  • 1 Sam 7:8
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    8The Israelites said to Samuel,“Keep crying out to the LORD our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines!”

  • 1 Sam 7:5-6
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    5Then Samuel said,“Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

    6After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there,“We have sinned against the LORD.”So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-15
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    14Samuel replied,“If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”

    15Saul said,“They were brought from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”

  • 1 Sam 13:9-10
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    9So Saul said,“Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” Then he offered a burnt offering.

    10Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.

  • 1 Sam 16:2-3
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    2Samuel replied,“How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the LORD said,“Take a heifer with you and say,‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

    3Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out to you.”

  • 1 Sam 15:22
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    22Then Samuel said,“Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.

  • 1 Sam 13:12
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    12I thought,‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the LORD’s favor.’ So I felt obligated to offer the burnt offering.”

  • 1 Sam 1:25
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    25They slaughtered the bull, then brought the boy to Eli.

  • 1 Sam 3:8-10
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    8Then the LORD called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me!” Eli then realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

    9So Eli said to Samuel,“Go back and lie down. When he calls you, say,“Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.” So Samuel went back and lay down in his place.

    10Then the LORD came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done,“Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied,“Speak, for your servant is listening!”

  • 1 Sam 15:10
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    10Then the LORD’s message came to Samuel:

  • 1 Sam 10:17
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    17Then Samuel called the people together before the LORD at Mizpah.

  • 1 Sam 8:21
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    21So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the LORD.

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    4The LORD called to Samuel, and he replied,“Here I am!”

  • 1 Sam 9:15-16
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    39one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

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    23Samuel said to the cook,“Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you– the one I asked you to keep with you.”

    24So the cook picked up the leg and brought it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said,“What was kept is now set before you! Eat, for it has been kept for you for this meeting time, from the time I said,‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

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    36But you must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, one bull, one ram, seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish,

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    81one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • Num 7:15
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    15one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • 1 Sam 2:18
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    18Now Samuel was ministering with the favor of the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

  • Num 7:69
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    69one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • Num 7:57
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    57one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • 1 Sam 7:15
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    15So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.

  • Num 7:21
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    21one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • 1 Sam 11:7
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    7He took a pair of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said,“Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!” Then the terror of the LORD fell on the people, and they went out as one army.

  • Num 7:33
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    33one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • 1 Chr 29:21
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  • Num 7:51
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    51one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • 1 Chr 21:26
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    26David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

  • Lev 3:7
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    7If he presents a sheep as his offering, he must present it before the LORD.

  • Num 7:45
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    45one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • 1 Kgs 8:62
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  • Num 7:75
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    75one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • 1 Sam 16:5
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    5He replied,“Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
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    13So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

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    18So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the LORD and Samuel.

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