1 Samuel 2:13

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2:13 Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way: ¹  Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork ²  in his hand.

1 Samuel 2:19

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2:19 His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him at regular intervals when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice.

1 Samuel 15:15

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15:15 Saul said, “They were brought ³  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 Samuel 15:21-22

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15:21 But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

15:22 Then Samuel said,

“Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as he does in obedience? ⁴ 

Certainly, ⁵  obedience ⁶  is better than sacrifice;

paying attention is better than ⁷  the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 16:2

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16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you ⁸  and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 20:6

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20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go ⁹  to his city Bethlehem, ¹⁰  for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’