Readings for Celebrating Advent

¹¹ She made this ·promise [vow], saying, “Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; of Hosts], if you will look on the ·sorrow [affliction; misery; humiliation] of your maidservant, and will ·remember [^Lremember and not forget] me, and will give ·me [^Lyour maidservant] a son, I will give him back to ·you [^Lthe Lord] all the days of his life, and no one will ever ·cut his hair [^Ltouch his head] with a razor [^Cindicating consecration to the Lord as a Nazirite; Num. 6:1–5].”

²² ·But one time [^LBut] Hannah did not go with him. She told her husband, “When the boy is ·old enough to eat solid food [weaned], I will take him to Shiloh [1:3]. Then I will give him to [… and present him before] the Lord, and he will ·always live there [stay there permanently/forever].”