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choose him out of all the tribes of Israel
to be
my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense,
to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by
fire of the children of Israel?
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Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I
have commanded
in my
habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with
the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30
Wherefore the L
ORD
God of Israel saith, I
said indeed
that
thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now
the L
ORD
saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me
shall be lightly esteemed.
31
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of
thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
32
And thou shalt see an enemy
in my
habitation, in all
the wealth
which
God
shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man
in thine house for ever.
33
And the man of thine,
whom
I shall not cut off from mine altar,
shall be
to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the
flower of their age.
34
And this
shall be
a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on
Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
35
And I will raise me up a faithful
priest,
that
shall do according to
that
which
is
in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him
a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
36
And it shall come to pass,
that
every one that is left in thine house shall come
and
crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel
of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece
of bread.
CHAPTER SAMUEL 3
And the child Samuel ministered unto the L
ORD
before Eli. And the word of the L
ORD
was precious
in those days;
there was
no open vision.
2
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli
was
laid down
in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim,
that
he could not see;
3
And ere the lamp of God went
out in the temple of the L
ORD
, where the ark of God
was,
and Samuel was laid down
to sleep;
4
That the L
ORD
called Samuel: and he answered, Here
am
I.
5
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here
am
I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
6
And the L
ORD
called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here
am
I;
for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
7
Now Samuel did
not yet know the L
ORD
, neither was the word of the L
ORD
yet revealed unto him.
8
And the L
ORD
called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here
am
I; for thou
didst call me. And Eli perceived that the L
ORD
had called the child.
9
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel,
Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, L
ORD
; for thy servant heareth.
So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10
And the L
ORD
came, and stood, and called as at other
times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
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