But Hannah went not up, for she said unto her husband, "I will tarry until the lad be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD and there abide forever."

and vowed a vow and said, "LORD of Hosts, if thou wilt look on the wretchedness of thine handmaid and shalt remember me and not forget thine handmaid, and shalt give unto thine handmaid a man child I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life and there shall neither razor or shears come upon his head."

and therefore I also lend him the LORD, as long as he may be lent the LORD." And so they prayed there unto the LORD.

And when the time of their purification, after the law of Moses, was come they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord:

And Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house, and the lad did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

But the lad Samuel ministered before the LORD girded about with a linen ephod.

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days, for there was none open vision.

Then let his master bring him unto the judges and set him to the door or the doorpost, and bore his ear through with an awl, and let him be his servant forever.

Wherefore the land shall not be sold forever, because that the land is mine, and ye but strangers and sojourners with me:

Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose: In the feast of sweet bread, in the feast of weeks and in the feast of the tabernacles. And they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

Then say unto them, 'How that the water of Jordan divided at the presence of the ark of the covenant of the LORD: even while it went over Jordan, the water of Jordan divided.' And these stones shall be a memorial unto the children of Israel forever."

O let thy loving-kindness and mercy follow me all the days of my life, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.

The LORD sware, and will not repent, "Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

He shall make no end to increase the kingdom and peace, and shall sit upon the seat of David and in his kingdom, to set up the same: to establish it with equity and righteousness, from thenceforth for evermore. This shall the jealousy of the LORD of hosts bring to pass.

And his father and mother went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of Easter.

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But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

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Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose: In the feast of sweet bread, in the feast of weeks and in the feast of the tabernacles. And they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
And when the time of their purification, after the law of Moses, was come they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord:

And there

and vowed a vow and said, "LORD of Hosts, if thou wilt look on the wretchedness of thine handmaid and shalt remember me and not forget thine handmaid, and shalt give unto thine handmaid a man child I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life and there shall neither razor or shears come upon his head."
And Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house, and the lad did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days, for there was none open vision.
O let thy loving-kindness and mercy follow me all the days of my life, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.
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