⁷ Now it will be when these signs come to you, ^(A)do for yourself whatever your hand finds to do, for ^(B)God is with you. ⁸ And ^(C)you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and ^(D)sacrifice peace offerings. ^(E)You shall wait seven days until I come to you and make you know what you should do.”

⁹ Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God ^(F)changed ^[a]his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.

³ Then he gave a miraculous sign the same day, saying, “^(A)This is the miraculous sign which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn apart and the ^[a]ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’”