1 Samuel 8:17
“Hee will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.”
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1 Samuel 8:17 Context
15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and giue to his officers, and to his seruants. 16And hee will take your men seruants, and your mayd seruants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his worke. 17Hee will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants. 18And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king which ye shall haue chosen you; and the Lord will not heare you in that day. 19¶ Neuerthelesse, the people refused to obey the voyce of Samuel; and they said, Nay, but we will haue a King ouer vs:
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He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
- King James Version
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.
- New American Standard Version (1995)