1 Samuel 16:2-3

16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you ¹  and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ 16:3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out ²  to you.”

[16:2]  ¹ tn Heb “in your hand.”

[16:3]  ² tn Heb “say”; KJV, NRSV “name”; NIV “indicate.”