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1 Samuel 10:4

They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh instructs Samuel to tell Saul that three men traveling to worship at Bethel will meet him at the Oak of Tabor and deliver a prophetic sign. (1 Sam 10:3-4)

The words — The Hebrew לְשָׁלוֹם (lešālôm, "to welfare") and לָקַחְתָּ (laqaḥta, "you will take") frame the encounter, describing a formal peace greeting and the physical acceptance of provisions. (1 Sam 10:4)

The thread — The motif of greeting with "welfare" appears in Judges 18:15, where travelers similarly seek peace before entering a host's dwelling. (Judges 18:15)

Why it lands — The text demands immediate obedience to a tangible sign, requiring the recipient to physically receive the offered bread without hesitation. (1 Sam 10:4)

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The Hebrew words

וְשָׁאֲל֥וּve./sha.'a.Luand/ they will askלְךָ֖le./Khaof <the>/ youלְשָׁל֑וֹםle./sha.Lomto/ welfareוְנָתְנ֤וּve./na.te.Nuand/ they will giveלְךָ֙le./Khato <the>/ youשְׁתֵּי־she.tei-twoלֶ֔חֶםLe.chembread[s]וְלָקַחְתָּ֖ve./la.kach.Taand/ you will take [them]מִיָּדָֽם׃mi./ya.Da/mfrom/ hand/ their

King James Version

And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

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