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25 If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him. But if a man sins against the Lord, who will mediate for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to put them to death.[a]

26 The young man Samuel continued to grow, and he increased in favor with both the Lord and with men.

The Lord’s Warning to Eli

27 A man of God came to Eli and told him this:

This is what the Lord says. Didn’t I clearly reveal myself to the house of your father[b] when they were in Egypt, subject to the house of Pharaoh?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:25 Or it was the Lord’s will to put them to death
  2. 1 Samuel 2:27 That is, his ancestor Aaron