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1 Samuel 7:7-9
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7 Now when the Philistines heard that the Israelites[a] had gathered at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the Israelites[b] heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines.[c] 8 Then the Israelites[d] said to Samuel, “You must not cease[e] from crying out to Yahweh our God, so that he will deliver us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9 So Samuel took a single nursing lamb[f] and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Then Samuel cried out to Yahweh on behalf of Israel, and Yahweh answered him.

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  1. 1 Samuel 7:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. 1 Samuel 7:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. 1 Samuel 7:7 Literally “and they were afraid from (= because of) the presence of the Philistines”
  4. 1 Samuel 7:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. 1 Samuel 7:8 Literally “You must not be silent from us”
  6. 1 Samuel 7:9 Literally “lamb of milk”
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