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14 And he will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your oliveyards, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your crops and of your vineyards, and give to his officers and to his servants. 16 And he will take your menservants and your maidservants, and your goodly young men and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep; and you shall be his servants. 18 And you shall cry for help in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you on that day. 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said to him, No; but we will have a king over us, 20 That we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them before the LORD. 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go every man to his city. 1 Samuel 8:14-22, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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