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| | 1Sa 3:1 | And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days -- there is no vision broken forth.
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| | 1Sa 3:2 | And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim -- he is not able to see.
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| | 1Sa 3:3 | And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God `is',
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| | 1Sa 3:4 | and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, `Here `am' I.'
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| | 1Sa 3:5 | And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and he saith, `I called not; turn back, lie down;' and he goeth and lieth down.
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| | 1Sa 3:6 | And Jehovah addeth to call again Samuel, and Samuel riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and he saith, `I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.'
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| | 1Sa 3:7 | And Samuel hath not yet known Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah is not yet revealed unto him.
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| | 1Sa 3:8 | And Jehovah addeth to call Samuel the third time, and he riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here `am' I, for thou hast called for me;' and Eli understandeth that Jehovah is calling to the youth.
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| | 1Sa 3:9 | And Eli saith to Samuel, `Go, lie down, and it hath been, if He doth call unto thee, that thou hast said, Speak, Jehovah, for Thy servant is hearing;' and Samuel goeth and lieth down in his place.
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| | 1Sa 3:10 | And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, `Samuel, Samuel;' and Samuel saith, `Speak, for Thy servant if hearing.'
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| | 1Sa 3:11 | And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Lo, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one hearing it do tingle.
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| | 1Sa 3:12 | In that day I establish unto Eli all that I have spoken unto his house, beginning and completing;
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| | 1Sa 3:13 | and I have declared to him that I am judging his house -- to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them,
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| | 1Sa 3:14 | and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering -- unto the age.'
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| | 1Sa 3:15 | And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli.
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| | 1Sa 3:16 | And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'
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| | 1Sa 3:17 | And he saith, `What `is' the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.'
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| | 1Sa 3:18 | And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, `It `is' Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.'
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| | 1Sa 3:19 | And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;
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| | 1Sa 3:20 | and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah.
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| | 1Sa 3:21 | And Jehovah addeth to appear in Shiloh, for Jehovah hath been revealed unto Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of Jehovah.
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