1Sa 16:2, Mat 2:13, 10:16 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel said , How can I go ? If Saul hears it, he will kill me. And the Lord said , Take a heifer with you and say , I have come to sacrifice to the Lord .

1 Samuel 16:2

2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ^a‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

Matthew 2:13

The Flight to Egypt

13 Now when they had departed, behold, ^ban angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”

Matthew 10:16

Persecution Will Come

16 ^c“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^dwise as serpents and ^einnocent as doves.