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33 (A) Someone told Saul, “Look! The army is disobeying the Lord by eating meat before the blood drains out.”

“You're right,” Saul answered. “They are being unfaithful to the Lord! Hurry! Roll a big rock over here.[a] 34 Then tell everyone in camp to bring their cattle and lambs to me. They can kill the animals on this rock,[b] then eat the meat. That way no one will disobey the Lord by eating meat with blood still in it.”

That night the soldiers brought their cattle over to the big rock and killed them there. 35 It was the first altar Saul had built for offering sacrifices to the Lord.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 14.33 over here: One ancient translation; Hebrew “today.”
  2. 14.34 kill … rock: That is, up off the ground so the blood could drain out.
  3. 14.35 offering sacrifices to the Lord: Even when animals were killed for food, it was often done as a sacrifice to the Lord.

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