삼상 9:22-27 사울을 대접하는 사무엘

²² Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside.’ ” 24 So the cook took up ^athe leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, “See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests.”⁵
So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 25 And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul^{6 b}on the roof, and he lay down to sleep. 26 Then at the break of dawn⁷ Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Up, that I may send you on your way.” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.
27 As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God.”

^a Ex. 29:22, 27; Lev. 7:32, 33; [Ezek. 24:4]
⁵ Hebrew appointed, saying, ‘I have invited the people’
⁶ Septuagint; Hebrew and he spoke with Saul
^b [Deut. 22:8; 2 Sam. 11:2; 16:22; Neh. 8:16; Matt. 24:17; Acts 10:9]
⁷ Septuagint; Hebrew And they arose early and at the break of dawn

 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 삼상 9:22–27.

24절) 사울을 위하여 특별히 구별된 음식을 제공함, 이것은 그의 왕직을 예표한다. 또한 하나님께로부터 특별한 계획속에서 이 만남과 식사, 대화가 진행되고 있음을 분명하게 보여준다. 그냥 일상적인 식사초대가 아니라 식사전에 이미 그 만남의 대상을 위해서 특별히 구별된 부위가 있었음을 분명하게 보여주고 있는 것이다. 

The leg was the priest’s portion (Ex. 29:27). Saul is told in 1 Sam. 10:4 to accept bread that probably was originally intended as an offering and would have been eaten by the priests (cf. Num. 18:8). These are indications of the sacredness of his kingship.

 Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 506.

사무엘은 식사 이후에 자신의 집으로 그를 초대하여 지붕위에서 담화를 마치고 일행을 쉬게 한다. 그리고 다음날 새벽 동틀때 그들을 마을 어귀까지 배웅하면서 하나님께서 주신 특별한 계획을 개인적으로 사울에게 제시한다. 

이 만남이 우연이 아니라 하나님의 특별한 섭리임을 보여준다. 나귀를 잃어버린 이 일상적으로 보이는 사건을 통해서 하나님께서는 하나님의 사람 사무엘과 만나게 하시고 그 만남을 통해서 이스라엘 초대왕으로의 부르심을 열어가시는 것이다.