◄ 1 Samuel 8:15 ►
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Good News Translation
He will take a tenth of your grain and of your grapes for his court officers and other officials.

New Revised Standard Version
He will take one-tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers.

Contemporary English Version
He will also take a tenth of your grain and grapes and give it to his officers and officials.

New American Bible
He will tithe your crops and grape harvests to give to his officials and his servants.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give to his eunuchs and servants.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give to his eunuchs and servants.

officers [heb] eunuchs

Genesis 37:36 The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

Isaiah 39:7 And of thy children, that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Daniel 1:3,7-10,18 And the king spoke to Asphenez, the master of the eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes, . . .

Context
Samuel's Warning
…14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants. 15Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give to his eunuchs and servants.16Your servants also, and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, he will take away, and put them to his work.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:14
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.

1 Samuel 8:16
Your servants also, and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, he will take away, and put them to his work.

1 Samuel 8:14
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