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1 Samuel 8:15

Money and wealth

13 And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

16 And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

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BSB
He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
KJV
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
WEB
He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
ASV
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
DARBY
And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his chamberlains and to his servants.
BLB
And your⁺ grain and your⁺ vintage, He will take a tenth and give it to his officers and servants.
ÅB
Og av deres akrer og deres vingårder vil han ta tiende og gi sine hoffmenn og sine tjenere.
OTB
Han vil ta en tiendedel av deres korn og deres vin og gi det til sine hoffmenn og tjenere.
B1930
Og av eders akrer og eders vingårder vil han ta tiende og gi sine hoffmenn og sine tjenere.

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Cross references

  • Daniel 1:7–10

    The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

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  • Isaiah 39:7

    And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

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  • Genesis 37:36

    Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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  • Daniel 1:3

    Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

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  • Daniel 1:18

    Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

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