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1 Samuel 8:17

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He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

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  1. 1 Samuel 8:15

    And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

  2. 1 Samuel 8:16

    And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

  3. 1 Samuel 8:18

    And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

  4. 1 Samuel 8:19

    Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

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