Verse 28
1 Samuel 2:28
World English Bible
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Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/בָחֹ֣ר אֹ֠ת/וֹ מִ/כָּל שִׁבְטֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל לִ/י֙ לְ/כֹהֵ֔ן לַ/עֲל֣וֹת עַֽל מִזְבְּחִ֗/י לְ/הַקְטִ֥יר קְטֹ֛רֶת לָ/שֵׂ֥את אֵפ֖וֹד לְ/פָנָ֑/י וָֽ/אֶתְּנָ/ה֙ לְ/בֵ֣ית אָבִ֔י/ךָ אֶת כָּל אִשֵּׁ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And I chose him from all the tribes of Israel to be a priest for me, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear the ephod before me, and I gave to your father's house all the fire offerings of the children of Israel.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Hannah prayed, and said:
“My heart exults in Yahweh!
My horn is exalted in Yahweh.
My mouth is enlar...
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2
There is no one as holy as Yahweh,
For there is no one besides you,
nor is there any rock like our G...
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3
“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly.
Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth,
For Yahweh i...
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4
“The bows of the mighty men are broken.
Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
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5
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.
Those who were hungry are satisfied.
Yes, t...
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6
“Yahweh kills, and makes alive.
He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
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7
Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich.
He brings low, he also lifts up.
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8
He raises up the poor out of the dust.
He lifts up the needy from the dunghill,
To make them sit wit...
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9
He will keep the feet of his holy ones,
but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness;
for no m...
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10
Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces.
He will thunder against them in the sky.
“Ya...
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11
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
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12
Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.
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13
The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s ser...
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14
and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork br...
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15
Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Giv...
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16
If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires”; t...
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17
The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.
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18
But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
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19
Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came u...
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20
Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the p...
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21
Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel gr...
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22
Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with...
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23
He said to them, “Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
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24
No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.
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25
If one man sins against another, God (Elohim) will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who...
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26
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.
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27
A man of God (Elohim) came to Eli, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house...
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28
Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn i...
29
Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and hon...
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30
“Therefore Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house, and the house o...
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31
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father’s house, that there...
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32
You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel; and there...
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33
The man of yours, whom I don’t cut off from my altar, will consume your eyes and grieve your heart;...
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34
“‘This will be the sign to you, that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day...
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35
I will raise me up a faithful priest, that will do according to that which is in my heart and in my...
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36
It will happen, that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of...
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