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1 Samuel 10:5-7
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 10:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Signs and Prophecies. 5 “After that go to Gibeath-elohim where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high places with lyres, tambourines, flutes, and harps being played before them. They will be prophesying.[a] 6 The Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them, for you will be changed into another person. 7 Once these signs occur, do whatever comes to hand, for God is with you.
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- 1 Samuel 10:5 Samuel’s time saw the formation of guilds of prophets, that is, men dedicated to divine worship, in which they accompanied the rites with chants and music; they worked themselves up to a kind of ecstasy and even delirium (1 Sam 19:20-24).