1 Samuel 7:17
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17 Then he used to return to Ramah, for that was his home. There, too, he judged Israel and built an altar to the Lord.(A)
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1 Samuel 16:2
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2 But Samuel replied: “How can I go? Saul will hear of it and kill me.” To this the Lord answered: Take a heifer along and say, “I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.”
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1 Samuel 16:5
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5 He replied: “Yes! I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. So purify yourselves and celebrate with me today.” He also had Jesse and his sons purify themselves and invited them to the sacrifice.(A)
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1 Samuel 20:6
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6 If it turns out that your father misses me, say, ‘David urged me to let him go on short notice to his city Bethlehem, because his whole clan is holding its seasonal sacrifice there.’(A)
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1 Samuel 20:29
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29 ‘Please let me go,’ he begged, ‘for we are having a clan sacrifice in our city, and my brothers insist on my presence. Now then, if you think well of me, give me leave to visit my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
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Deuteronomy 12:13
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13 (A)Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings in any place you like,
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1 Kings 3:2
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2 The people were sacrificing on the high places, however, for up to that time no house had been built for the name of the Lord.
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1 Kings 3:4
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4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, because that was the great high place. Upon its altar Solomon sacrificed a thousand burnt offerings.
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