1 Samuel 9:23
New International Version
Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the piece of meat I gave you, the one I told you to lay aside.”

New Living Translation
Samuel then instructed the cook to bring Saul the finest cut of meat, the piece that had been set aside for the guest of honor.

English Standard Version
And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside.’”

Berean Standard Bible
And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”

King James Bible
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

New King James Version
And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Set it apart.’ ”

New American Standard Bible
And Samuel said to the cook, “Serve the portion that I gave you about which I said to you, ‘Set it aside.’”

NASB 1995
Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion that I gave you, concerning which I said to you, ‘Set it aside.’”

NASB 1977
And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion that I gave you, concerning which I said to you, ‘Set it aside.’”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion that I gave you, concerning which I said to you, ‘Set it aside.’”

Amplified Bible
Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the [priests’] portion that I gave you, regarding which I told you, ‘Set it aside.’”

Christian Standard Bible
Then Samuel said to the cook, “Get the portion of meat that I gave you and told you to set aside.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Samuel said to the cook, “Get the portion of meat that I gave you and told you to set aside.”

American Standard Version
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shemueil said to the Cook: “Give the portion that I gave to you and I said to you, ‘Set it with yourself’”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Samuel said to the cook, Give me the portion which I gave thee, which I told thee to set by thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel said to the cook: Bring the portion, which I gave thee, and commanded thee to set it apart by thee.

English Revised Version
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Samuel said to the cook, "Bring me the portion of the sacrificial meat that I gave you and told you to put aside."

Good News Translation
Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the piece of meat I gave you, which I told you to set aside."

International Standard Version
Then Samuel told the cook, "Bring the portion that I gave you, the one I told you to set aside."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Samuel said unto the cook: 'Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee: Set it by thee.'

Literal Standard Version
And Samuel says to the cook, “Give the portion which I gave to you, of which I said to you, Set it by you.”

Majority Standard Bible
And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”

New American Bible
He said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to put aside.”

NET Bible
Samuel said to the cook, "Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you--the one I asked you to keep with you."

New Revised Standard Version
And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, the one I asked you to put aside.”

New Heart English Bible
And Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I told you to set aside."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said to thee, Set it by thee.

World English Bible
Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Set it aside.’”

Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel saith to the cook, 'Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, 'Set it by thee?'

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Context
Saul Chosen as King
22Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all. 23And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.” 24So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’ ” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 9:22
Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited--about thirty in all.

1 Samuel 9:24
So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, "Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, 'I have invited the people.'" So Saul dined with Samuel that day.


Treasury of Scripture

And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it by you.

Bring

1 Samuel 1:5
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

Genesis 43:34
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

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(23) And Samuel said unto the cook.--The meaning of this statement is simply this--all that took place in the meeting of the prophet and Saul at the sacrificial feast, and subsequently in Samuel's house, was arranged for beforehand; every event was foreseen and provided for, even the trivial details--all was symbolical in this preparation for the great change in the constitution of Israel, which, under God's providence, was fraught with such important consequences. The very piece of meat set before Samuel at the Ramah banquet was no chance piece, but one which, owing, no doubt, to its being considered the choicest, had been carefully set aside for him when the sacrificial feast was being prepared.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Samuel
שְׁמוּאֵל֙ (šə·mū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to the cook,
לַטַּבָּ֔ח (laṭ·ṭab·bāḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2876: A butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook

“Bring
תְּנָה֙ (tə·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

the portion
הַמָּנָ֔ה (ham·mā·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4490: Something weighed out, a division, a ration, a lot

I gave
נָתַ֖תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you
לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and told
אָמַ֣רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

you to set
שִׂ֥ים (śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

aside.”
עִמָּֽךְ׃ (‘im·māḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with


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