“You haven’t wronged us, you haven’t mistreated us, and you haven’t taken anything from anyone’s hand,” they responded.

He said to them, “The Lord is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today that you haven’t found anything(A) in my hand.”(B)

“He is a witness,” they said.

Then Samuel said to the people, “The Lord, who appointed Moses and Aaron(C) and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt, is a witness.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:6 LXX; MT omits is a witness

“You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness(A) against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything(B) in my hand.(C)

“He is witness,” they said.

Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought(D) your ancestors up out of Egypt.

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