1 Samuel 1:22
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22 But Hannah did not go. She told her husband, “Wait until the boy is weaned. Then I will take him to the Tabernacle and leave him there with the Lord permanently.[a]”
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- 1:22 Some manuscripts add I will offer him as a Nazirite for all time.
1 Samuel 1:28
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28 Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.” And they[a] worshiped the Lord there.
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- 1:28 Hebrew he.
1 Samuel 1:11
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11 And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.[a]”
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- 1:11 Some manuscripts add He will drink neither wine nor intoxicants.
Luke 2:22
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22 Then it was time for their purification offering, as required by the law of Moses after the birth of a child; so his parents took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.
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Luke 2:41-42
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Jesus Speaks with the Teachers
41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. 42 When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.
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1 Samuel 3:1
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The Lord Speaks to Samuel
3 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
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1 Samuel 2:18
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18 But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the Lord. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.[a]
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- 2:18 Hebrew He wore a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 2:11
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11 Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the Lord by assisting Eli the priest.
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Deuteronomy 16:16
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16 “Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the Lord without a gift for him.
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Leviticus 25:23
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Redemption of Property
23 “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.
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Isaiah 9:7
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7 His government and its peace
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
will make this happen!
Psalm 110:4
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4 The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow:
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Psalm 27:4
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4 The one thing I ask of the Lord—
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
delighting in the Lord’s perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
Psalm 23:6
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6 Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord
forever.
Joshua 4:7
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7 Then you can tell them, ‘They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant went across.’ These stones will stand as a memorial among the people of Israel forever.”
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Exodus 21:6
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6 If he does this, his master must present him before God.[a] Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for life.
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- 21:6 Or before the judges.
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