Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:16

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16 YĂČu bĂŹ qǔ nǐmen de pĂșrĂ©n bĂŹnǚ , jiĂ nzhuĂ ng de shĂ oniĂĄn rĂ©n hĂ© nǐmen de lĂŒ , gƍng tāde chāiyĂŹ .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:16

And he will take your manservants, and your maidservants,
&c.] Into his own family, for his own use and service, if he wants them, or likes them better than what he has:

and your goodliest young men:
that are tall and lusty, comely and beautiful, of a proper stature and good aspect; and such in all countries used to be chosen for officers in courts, or attendants there; and so the Turks to this day pitch upon young men to attend on great personages, who are of a comely form, have admirable features, and are well shaped, (See Gill on Daniel 1:4),

and your asses, and put them to his work;
employ them in ploughing his fields, drawing his carriages, or bearing his burdens; and so any other cattle that would serve the same purposes, as oxen, camels

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Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:16 In-Context

14 Yĕ bĂŹ qǔ nǐmen zuĂŹ hǎo de tiĂĄndĂŹ , pĂștaĂłyuĂĄn , gǎnlǎn yuĂĄn cĂŹgĕi tāde chĂ©npĂș .
15 Nǐmen de liĂĄngshi hĂ© pĂștaĂłyuĂĄn suǒ chĆ« de , tā bĂŹ qǔ shĂ­ fēn zhÄ«yÄ« gĕi tāde taĂŹ jiān hĂ© chĂ©npĂș .
16 YĂČu bĂŹ qǔ nǐmen de pĂșrĂ©n bĂŹnǚ , jiĂ nzhuĂ ng de shĂ oniĂĄn rĂ©n hĂ© nǐmen de lĂŒ , gƍng tāde chāiyĂŹ .
17 Nǐmen de yĂĄng qĂșn , tā bĂŹ qǔ shĂ­ fēn zhÄ«yÄ« , nǐmen yĕ bĂŹ zuĂČ tāde pĂșrĂ©n .
18 NĂ shĂ­ nǐmen bĂŹ yÄ«n suǒ xuǎn de wĂĄng āi qiĂș YēhĂ©huĂĄ , YēhĂ©huĂĄ quĂš bĂč yÄ«ngyĂșn nǐmen .
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