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One night Eli was lying down in his room. His eyesight had begun to fail so that he couldn’t see well. The lamp in Elohim’s temple[a] hadn’t gone out yet, and Samuel was asleep in the temple of Yahweh where the ark of Elohim was kept.

Then Yahweh called Samuel. “Here I am,” Samuel responded.

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  1. 1 Samuel 3:3 According to Exodus 27:21, each night the priests were to light a lamp in the tent of meeting which was to burn from dusk to dawn.

One night Eli, whose eyes(A) were becoming so weak that he could barely see,(B) was lying down in his usual place. The lamp(C) of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house(D) of the Lord, where the ark(E) of God was. Then the Lord called Samuel.

Samuel answered, “Here I am.(F)

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