1 Samuel 16:5
Konteks16:5 He 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 Samuel 16:2
Konteks16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you 1 and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
1 Tawarikh 29:5
Konteks29:5 for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?”
Yoel 2:16
Konteks2:16 Gather the people;
sanctify an assembly!
Gather the elders;
gather the children and the nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom
and the bride from her private quarters. 2
[16:2] 1 tn Heb “in your hand.”
[2:16] 2 sn Mosaic law allowed men recently married, or about to be married, to be exempt for a year from certain duties that were normally mandatory, such as military obligation (cf. Deut 20:7; 24:5). However, Joel pictures a time of such urgency that normal expectations must give way to higher requirements.