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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)
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