1Sa 9:12, 20:29, Jer 38:26-27 | ESV | STEP | They answered , He is ; behold , he is just ahead of you. Hurry . He has come just now to the city , because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place .

1 Samuel 9:12

12 They answered, “He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people ^ahave a sacrifice today on ^bthe high place.

1 Samuel 20:29

29 He said, ‘Let me go, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

Jeremiah 38:26-27

26 then you shall say to them, ^c‘I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.’” 27 Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they stopped speaking with him, for the conversation had not been overheard.