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1 Samuel 1:3-5
EasyEnglish Bible
1 Samuel 1:3-5
EasyEnglish Bible
3 Every year, Elkanah left his home in Ramah to go to the town of Shiloh.[a] He went there to worship the Lord Almighty and to offer sacrifices to him.[b] Hophni and Phinehas served the Lord at Shiloh as his priests. Eli was their father.
4 Every year, when Elkanah offered his sacrifices to God, he gave some of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to her sons and daughters. 5 Because Elkanah loved Hannah very much, he always gave twice as much meat to her. But the Lord had not let Hannah give birth to any children.
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- 1:3 Israelite men had to go to a special place to offer sacrifices to God three times every year. See Exodus 23:14-17; Deuteronomy 12:5-7. This place was in Shiloh at this time. Shiloh was about 24 kilometres (15 miles) east of Ramah.
- 1:3 When we write Lord like this, it is a special name for God. Sometimes people write it as ‘Yahweh’, or as ‘Jehovah’. It is his own name that he told Moses. See Exodus 3:14. It means ‘I am who I am’. This shows that God has always been there and he always will be there.
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