1 Samuel 3:3
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Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

Exodus 25:31
Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.

Exodus 27:21
In the tabernacle of the testimony, without the veil that hangs before the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall order it, that it may give light before the Lord until the morning. It shall be a perpetual observance throughout their successions among the children of Israel.

Leviticus 24:2
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and clearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually,

Leviticus 24:3
Without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant. And Aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the Lord, by a perpetual service and rite in your generations.

1 Samuel 1:9
So Anna arose after she had eaten and drunk in Silo: And Heli, the priest, sitting upon a stool before the door of the temple of the Lord;

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Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

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the lamp

Exodus 27:20,21 Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle: that a lamp may burn always, . . .

Exodus 30:7,8 And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it: . . .

Leviticus 24:2-4 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee the finest and clearest oil of olives, to furnish the lamps continually, . . .

2 Chronicles 13:11 And they offer holocausts to the Lord, every day, morning and evening, and incense made according to the ordinance of the law, and the loaves are set forth on a most clean table, and there is with us the golden candlestick, and the lamps thereof, to be lighted always in the evening: for we keep the precepts of the Lord our God, whom you have forsaken.

the temple

1 Samuel 1:6 Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:

Psalm 5:7 But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.

Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

Psalm 29:9 The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will discover the thick woods: and in his temple all shall speak his glory.

Context
The LORD Calls Samuel
2And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see: 3Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.4And the Lord called Samuel. And he answered: Here am I.…
Lexicon
Before
טֶ֣רֶם (ṭe·rem)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

the lamp
וְנֵ֤ר (wə·nêr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5216: A lamp, light

of God
אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

had gone out,
יִכְבֶּ֔ה (yiḵ·beh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3518: To be quenched or extinguished, to go out

Samuel
וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל (ū·šə·mū·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

was lying down
שֹׁכֵ֑ב (šō·ḵêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

in the temple
בְּהֵיכַ֣ל (bə·hê·ḵal)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

where
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the ark
אֲר֥וֹן (’ă·rō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark

of God
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

was located.
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither


Additional Translations
Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down to sleep , in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was;

And the lamp of God was burning before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where was the ark of God.

and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was,

and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down to sleep, in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was;

And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down [to sleep], in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was;

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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