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\w And|strong="H1121"\w* forthwith \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w rising|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* Gabaa:


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\w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*: \w Be|strong="H0408"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* desire \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee \w and|strong="H0430"\w* depart: \w for|strong="H3588"\w* whithersoever thou shalt \w go|strong="H7725"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w*: \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* thou shalt dwell, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* dwell. Thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w shall|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0834"\w* land \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* receive thee \w dying|strong="H4191"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w same|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H3254"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* aught \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* part \w me|strong="H3254"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* thee.


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\w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*. \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w report|strong="H0559"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* quickly spread \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*: \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women \w said|strong="H0559"\w*: \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Noemi.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*: \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* Noemi, (\w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w*, beautiful,) \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mara|strong="H4755"\w*, (\w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w*, \w bitter|strong="H4843"\w*,) \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* hath quite filled \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* bitterness.


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\w So|strong="H0935"\w* Noemi \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w Moabitess|strong="H4125"\w* \w her|strong="H0935"\w* daughter \w in|strong="H0935"\w* law, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w her|strong="H0935"\w* sojournment: \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*, \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w her|strong="H5281"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w Elimelech|strong="H0458"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w a|strong="H0376"\w* kinsman, \w a|strong="H0376"\w* \w powerful|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w very|strong="H2428"\w* rich, \w whose|strong="H0376"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Booz.


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\w And|strong="H5869"\w* \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Moabitess|strong="H4125"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* mother \w in|strong="H0413"\w* law: \w If|strong="H0834"\w* thou wilt, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w glean|strong="H3950"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ears|strong="H7641"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* corn \w that|strong="H0834"\w* escape \w the|strong="H0559"\w* hands \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* reapers, wheresoever \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H0834"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H4672"\w* householder \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* favourable \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w And|strong="H5869"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*: \w Go|strong="H4994"\w*, \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* reapers: \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1288"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*. \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w*: \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* thee.


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\w And|strong="H5288"\w* Booz \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w set|strong="H5324"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* reapers: \w Whose|strong="H4310"\w* maid \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*?


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\w And|strong="H3068"\w* Noemi \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0559"\w*: \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*: \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* shewed \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* hath kept \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* again \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*: \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H1931"\w* Booz, \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w maids|strong="H5291"\w* thou wast \w joined|strong="H0854"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* field, \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H0854"\w* \w kinsman|strong="H4130"\w*, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* winnoweth \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* threshingfloor.


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\w And|strong="H3068"\w* Anna \w said|strong="H0559"\w*: \w I|strong="H0589"\w* beseech thee, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H5315"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* liveth, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w*: \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* thee \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w Do|strong="H0408"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w lofty|strong="H1364"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*, \w boasting|strong="H6310"\w*: \w let|strong="H0408"\w* old matters \w depart|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H6310"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1844"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* thoughts prepared.


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\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* killeth \w and|strong="H3068"\w* maketh \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* bringeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* hell \w and|strong="H3068"\w* bringeth \w back|strong="H5927"\w* again.


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\w The|strong="H5921"\w* adversaries \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* fear \w him|strong="H5414"\w*: \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w thunder|strong="H7481"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w judge|strong="H1777"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ends|strong="H0657"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* empire \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* Christ.


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\w And|strong="H3068"\w* Elcana \w went|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Ramatha, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Heli \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.


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\w Also|strong="H1571"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w burnt|strong="H6999"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w*: \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w boil|strong="H1310"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*: \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* thee sodden \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w raw|strong="H2416"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* sacrificed \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*: \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w burnt|strong="H6999"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w according|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* custom, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w then|strong="H6258"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w much|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* desireth. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*: \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w so|strong="H3947"\w*: \w but|strong="H3588"\w* thou shalt \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w force|strong="H2394"\w*.


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Wherefore \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*: \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* withdrew \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w advanced|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w grew|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w both|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Heli, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*: \w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* saith \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*: \w Did|strong="H0376"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w plainly|strong="H0559"\w* appear \w to|strong="H0413"\w* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Pharao?


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Wherefore \w thus|strong="H3651"\w* saith \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* minister \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* saith \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*: \w Far|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*: \w but|strong="H3588"\w* whosoever \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w glorify|strong="H3513"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w glorify|strong="H3513"\w*: \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w despise|strong="H0959"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w despised|strong="H0959"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H3478"\w* thou shalt \w see|strong="H5027"\w* thy rival \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prosperity \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* ever.


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\w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Bersabee, \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H0853"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cook|strong="H2876"\w*: \w Bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w portion|strong="H4490"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee, \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* thee \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* apart \w by|strong="H0413"\w* thee.


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