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Then Samuel told the people: “The witness[a] is indeed the Lord, who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt. So now stand here, and I will judge you in the Lord’s presence because of all the Lord’s righteous acts that he has done for you and your ancestors:

“When Jacob entered Egypt, the Egyptians oppressed them.[b] So your ancestors cried out to the Lord. The Lord then sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them here.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:6 LXX; MT lacks witness.
  2. 1 Samuel 12:8 LXX; MT lacks the Egyptians oppressed them.

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