Deuteronomy 26:1
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Chapter 26
Thanksgiving for the Harvest. 1 (A)When you have come into the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage, and have taken possession and settled in it,
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1 Samuel 8:5
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5 and said to him, “Now that you are old, and your sons do not follow your example, appoint a king over us, like all the nations, to rule us.”(A)
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1 Samuel 8:19-20
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Persistent Demand. 19 The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel’s warning and said, “No! There must be a king over us.(A) 20 We too must be like all the nations, with a king to rule us, lead us in warfare, and fight our battles.”
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