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1 Samuel 3:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Samuel 3:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Samuel’s Calling and Prophetic Activity
3 [a]Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place; 3 the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down within the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
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- 3.1 This account of the prophetic vocation of Samuel (cf. Is 6) is meant to begin a new chapter in the spiritual history of Israel.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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