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1 Samuel 10:6-12 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

6. Suddenly the Spirit of the Lord will take control of you, and you will join in their religious dancing and shouting and will become a different person.

7. When these things happen, do whatever God leads you to do.

8. You will go ahead of me to Gilgal, where I will meet you and offer burnt sacrifices and fellowship sacrifices. Wait there seven days until I come and tell you what to do.”

9. When Saul turned to leave Samuel, God gave Saul a new nature. And everything Samuel had told him happened that day.

10. When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Suddenly the Spirit of God took control of him, and he joined in their ecstatic dancing and shouting.

11. People who had known him before saw him doing this and asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Has Saul become a prophet?”

12. A man who lived there asked, “How about these other prophets — who do you think their fathers are?” This is how the saying originated, “Has even Saul become a prophet?”

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