Book 08 : NEVIIM - I SAMUEL - Chapter 002
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And Hannah prayed, and said: my heart exulteth in HaShem,
my horn is exalted in HaShem; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I
rejoice in Thy salvation
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There is none holy as HaShem, for there is none beside
Thee; neither is there any rock like our G-d
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Multiply not exceeding proud talk; let not arrogancy come
out of your mouth; for HaShem is a G-d of knowledge, and by Him actions are
weighed
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The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that
stumbled are girded with strength
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They that were full have hired out themselves for bread;
and they that were hungry have ceased; while the barren hath borne seven, she
that had many children hath languished
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HaShem killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the
grave, and bringeth up
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HaShem maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low, He
also lifteth up
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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the
needy from the dung-hill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne
of glory; for the pillars of the earth are HaShem'S, and He hath set the world
upon them
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He will keep the feet of His holy ones, but the wicked
shall be put to silence in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail
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They that strive with HaShem shall be broken to pieces;
against them will He thunder in heaven; HaShem will judge the ends of the earth;
and He will give strength unto His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed
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And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did
minister unto HaShem before Eli the priest
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Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not HaShem
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And the custom of the priests with the people was, that,
when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was
in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his band
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and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or
pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did
unto all the Israelites that came thither in Shiloh
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Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's
servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the
priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
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And if the man said unto him: 'Let the fat be made to
smoke first of all, and then take as much as thy soul desireth'; then he would
say: 'Nay, but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.
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And the sin of the young men was very great before HaShem;
for the men dealt contemptuously with the offering of HaShem
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But Samuel ministered before HaShem, being a child, girded
with a linen ephod
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Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it
to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly
sacrifice
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And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say: 'The
HaShem give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to HaShem.' And
they would go unto their own home
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So HaShem remembered Hannah, and she conceived, and bore
three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before HaShem
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Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did
unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the
door of the tent of meeting
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And he said unto them: 'Why do ye such things? for I hear
evil reports concerning you from all this people
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Nay, my sons; for it is no good report which I hear
HaShem'S people do spread abroad
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If one man sin against another, G-d shall judge him; but
if a man sin against HaShem, who shall entreat for him?' But they hearkened not
unto the voice of their father, because HaShem would slay them
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And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favour both
with HaShem, and also with men
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And there came a man of G-d unto Eli, and said unto him:
'Thus saith HaShem: Did I reveal Myself unto the house of thy father, when they
were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house
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And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be
My priest, to go up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before
Me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the
children of Israel made by fire
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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
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Therefore HaShem, the G-d of Israel, saith: I said indeed
that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before Me for ever; but
now HaShem saith: Be it far from Me: for them that honour Me I will honour, and
they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed
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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 thy house
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And thou shalt behold a rival in My habitation, in all the
good which shall be done to Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy
house for ever
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Yet will I not cut off every man of thine from Mine altar,
to make thine eyes to fail, and thy heart to languish; and all the increase of
thy house shall die young men
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And this shall be the sign unto thee, that which shall
come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both
of them
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And I will raise Me up a faithful priest, that shall do
according to that which is in My heart and in My mind; and I will build him a
sure house; and he shall walk before Mine anointed for ever
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And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in
thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of
bread, and shall say: Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices,
that I may eat a morsel of bread.
Book 08 : NEVIIM - I SAMUEL - Chapter 002
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