Verse 7
1 Samuel 11:7
Noah Webster Bible
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And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקַּח֩ צֶ֨מֶד בָּקָ֜ר וַֽ/יְנַתְּחֵ֗/הוּ וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֞ח בְּ/כָל גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ בְּ/יַ֣ד הַ/מַּלְאָכִ֣ים לֵ/אמֹר֒ אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵינֶ֨/נּוּ יֹצֵ֜א אַחֲרֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ וְ/אַחַ֣ר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כֹּ֥ה יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה לִ/בְקָר֑/וֹ וַ/יִּפֹּ֤ל פַּֽחַד יְהוָה֙ עַל הָ/עָ֔ם וַ/יֵּצְא֖וּ כְּ/אִ֥ישׁ אֶחָֽד
English Translation
And he took a pair of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, "Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel, thus it shall be done to his oxen." And the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one man.
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