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23 (A)And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what is good in your eyes. Remain until you have weaned him; only (B)may Yahweh establish His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. 24 Now when she had weaned him, (C)she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one [a]ephah of flour and a jug of wine and brought him to (D)the house of Yahweh in Shiloh, although the boy was young. 25 Then (E)they slaughtered the bull and (F)brought the young boy to Eli.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:24 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l

23 “Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good(A) his[a] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned(B) him.

24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,[b](C) an ephah[c] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. 25 When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli,

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:23 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac your
  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text with three bulls
  3. 1 Samuel 1:24 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms