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And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.
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Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.
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And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.
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Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give to his eunuchs and servants.
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Your servants also, and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, he will take away, and put them to his work.
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Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.
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And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.
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But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,
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And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles for us.
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And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.
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And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go to his city.