OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 9:11

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As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”

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Verse 11. Water, perhaps for the sacrifice. Thus Fab. Victor says, “Rhea, according to the established custom, by which young women went to draw water for the sacrifices, proceeded to the fountain in the grove of Mars.” Calmet.

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