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1 Samuel 1:21-28
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21 The next year Elkanah and his family went on their annual trip to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow. 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]”

23 “Whatever you think is best,” Elkanah agreed. “Stay here for now, and may the Lord help you keep your promise.[b]” So she stayed home and nursed the boy until he was weaned.

24 When the child was weaned, Hannah took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought along a three-year-old bull[c] for the sacrifice and a basket[d] of flour and some wine. 25 After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli. 26 “Sir, do you remember me?” Hannah asked. “I am the very woman who stood here several years ago praying to the Lord. 27 I asked the Lord to give me this boy, and he has granted my request. 28 Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.” And they[e] worshiped the Lord there.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:22 Some manuscripts add I will offer him as a Nazirite for all time.
  2. 1:23 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads may the Lord keep his promise.
  3. 1:24a As in Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek and Syriac versions; Masoretic Text reads three bulls.
  4. 1:24b Hebrew and an ephah [20 quarts or 22 liters].
  5. 1:28 Hebrew he.
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1 Samuel 1:21-28
Common English Bible

Samuel’s dedication

21 When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and keep his solemn promise, 22 Hannah didn’t go.

“I’ll bring the boy when he is weaned,” she told her husband, “so he can be presented to the Lord and stay there permanently. I will offer him as a nazirite forever.”[a]

23 “Do what seems best to you,” said her husband Elkanah. “Stay here until you’ve weaned him. But may the Lord bring to pass what you’ve[b] promised.” So the woman stayed home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

24 When he had been weaned and was still very young,[c] Hannah took him, along with a three-year-old bull,[d] an ephah[e] of flour, and a jar of wine, and brought him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh. 25 They slaughtered the bull, then brought the boy to Eli.

26 “Excuse me, sir!” Hannah said. “As surely as you live, sir, I am the woman who stood here next to you, praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed for this boy, and the Lord gave me what I asked from him. 28 So now I give this boy back to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.”

Then they worshipped there before the Lord.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:22 DSS (4QSama); MT lacks I will offer… forever.
  2. 1 Samuel 1:23 LXX, DSS (4QSama); MT he
  3. 1 Samuel 1:24 Or and the boy was a boy; Heb uncertain
  4. 1 Samuel 1:24 LXX, DSS (4QSama), Syr; MT three bulls
  5. 1 Samuel 1:24 An ephah was approximately twenty quarts.
  6. 1 Samuel 1:28 Some Heb manuscripts, Syr, Vulg; MT he (Eli?) worshipped; DSS (4QSama) and she (Hannah) left him there and worshipped the Lord.
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