Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to do what the Lord commanded through Moses.”

On the sixth day they will prepare what they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather every other day.”

Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”