And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?(1 Samuel 9:21)

And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.(1 Samuel 9:22)

And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.(1 Samuel 9:23)

And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.(1 Samuel 9:25)

And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.(1 Samuel 9:26)

And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God.(1 Samuel 9:27)

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1 Samuel 9:24 - Cross Reference

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. (Numbers 18:18)

Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. (Ezekiel 24:4)

And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. (Leviticus 7:32)

Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: (Exodus 29:22)

And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: (Exodus 29:27)