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17 Jesse told his son David, “Take this ephah[a] of roasted grain to your brothers, along with these ten loaves of bread, and quickly take them to your brothers in the camp. 18 Take these ten pieces of cheese to the commander of the unit,[b] check on the well-being of your brothers, and bring something back from them. 19 Saul, your brothers,[c] and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:17 I.e. about a half-bushel; an ephah was a measure of dry capacity equal to about one half of a bushel
  2. 1 Samuel 17:18 Lit. thousand
  3. 1 Samuel 17:19 Lit. they