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1 Samuel 2:25

Verse 25 of 36. The 2nd of 31 chapters in 1 Samuel, in History.

21The LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before the LORD.

22Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

23He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.

24No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make the LORD’s people disobey.

25If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD intended to kill them.

26The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with the LORD and also with men.

27A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

28Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

29Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.