1 Samuel 8:15-17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵He will take one-tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers. ¹⁶He will take your male and female slaves, and the best of your cattle^[a] and donkeys, and put them to his work. ¹⁷He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.

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1 Samuel 8:16 Gk: Heb young men

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