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1 Samuel 8:15-17
Lexham English Bible
1 Samuel 8:15-17
Lexham English Bible
15 He will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his high officials and to his servants. 16 He will take your male slaves and your female slaves and the best of your young men[a] and your donkeys and will use them for his projects.[b] 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks,[c] and you yourselves will become his servants.
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- 1 Samuel 8:16 LXX reads “cattle”
- 1 Samuel 8:16 Literally “will put them to his work”
- 1 Samuel 8:17 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
1 Samuel 8:15-17
New International Version
1 Samuel 8:15-17
New International Version
15 He will take a tenth(A) of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[a] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 8:16 Septuagint; Hebrew young men
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