"And the cook took up the shoulder, and {that} which {was} upon it, and set {it} before Saul. And {Samuel} said, Behold t…" — 1 Samuel 9:24

1 Samuel 9:24 · KJV

“And the cook took up the shoulder, and {that} which {was} upon it, and set {it} before Saul. And {Samuel} said, Behold that which is left! set {it} before thee, {and} eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. {left: or, reserved}”

— 1 Samuel 9:24

Verse 23

And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

Verse 25

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, {Samuel} communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

1 Samuel 9 — Context

And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which {were} about thirty persons.

And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

And the cook took up the shoulder, and {that} which {was} upon it, and set {it} before Saul. And {Samuel} said, Behold that which is left! set {it} before thee, {and} eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. {left: or, reserved}

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, {Samuel} communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

Cross References

Leviticus 7:32-33

And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest {for} an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

Ezekiel 24:4

Gather the pieces thereof into it, {even} every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill {it} with the choice bones.

Exodus 29:27

And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, {even} of {that} which {is} for Aaron, and of {that} which is for his sons:

Exodus 29:22

Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul {above} the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that {is} upon them, and the right shoulder; for it {is} a ram of consecration:

Numbers 18:18

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

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