5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. ^aSanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.  ‡

6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at ^aEliab and ^bsaid, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”  ‡

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, ^a“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have¹ refused him. ^bFor the Lord does not see as man sees; for man ^clooks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the ^dheart.”  ‡