Verse 17
1 Samuel 8:17
King James Version
17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
Original Language Text
hebrew
צֹאנְ/כֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְ/אַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ ל֥/וֹ לַ/עֲבָדִֽים
English Translation
Your sheep will be tithed, and you will be to Him as servants.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah:
they were judges in Beer-...
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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted ju...
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4
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to ju...
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6
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto...
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7
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee:...
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8
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt ev...
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Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the ma...
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10
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
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11
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons,...
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12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and
will set them to ear...
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13
And he will take your daughters
to be confectionaries, and
to be cooks, and
to be bakers.
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14
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,
even the best
of them, and gi...
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15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his...
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16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your ass...
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17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD w...
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19
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a...
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20
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and...
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21
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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22
And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto th...
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