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1 Samuel 2:16-18
Lexham English Bible
1 Samuel 2:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat completely first,[a] then take for yourself as you[b] desire,” then he would say to him, “No![c] Give it now! If not, I will take it by force!” 17 So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt.
Samuel’s Life in the Tabernacle
18 Now Samuel was serving before Yahweh, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.
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- 1 Samuel 2:16 Literally “as the day”
- 1 Samuel 2:16 Literally “as your soul”
- 1 Samuel 2:16 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
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