1 Samuel 9:12

They answered them and said, “He is; see, he is ahead of you. Hurry now, for he has come into the city today, for the people have a sacrifice on the high place today.

Genesis 31:54

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his kinsmen to the meal; and they ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.

1 Samuel 16:2

But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Kings 3:2-4

The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.

Numbers 28:11-15

‘Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect;

Deuteronomy 12:6-7

There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

1 Samuel 7:17

Then his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and there he judged Israel; and he built there an altar to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 16:39

He left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place which was at Gibeon,

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Samuel 9:12

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

The high place

1 Kings 3:2

1 Chronicles 16:39

Bible References

The high place

The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.

He left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place which was at Gibeon,