It's been mentioned in a previous 'Lie' that Moses' LORD was, perhaps, a liar. Samuel's LORD certainly was, if you believe Sammy's witness of him. Sammy goes so far as to say, in essence, his LORD taught him to lie. Understand: at the time the following took place, Sammy was the notable judge and prophet of the nation; the embodiment of the nation's morality. He'd already rebuked the sitting king and judged him unworthy of bearing rule, in the name of "the LORD."
Sammy says the LORD told him to anoint another king while Saul still sat as king. Sammy says the LORD informed him he would find the one he was to anoint in Saul's stead in Bethlehem (sister city to "Gibeah of Saul"). Of course, as Saul was afraid of the people: so Sammy (hypocrite he was) was afraid of Saul. "2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee [1 Samuel 16:2 & 3]."
Notice: the LORD not only 'taught' Samuel to lie ("cover it with a fig leaf," in essence); he also provided the necessary alibi-- sacrifice (the aforementioned fig leaf). Sammy's 'obedience' to this word of deception he credited his LORD with is reminiscent of how the centurions guarding the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth "took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews [never so among the Gentiles] until this day [Matthew 28:15]."
When a man lies, he is called a liar. When the LORD in heaven lies, he should be called the devil [John 8:44], shouldn't he?
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