No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
1 Samuel 1:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow. American Standard Version (1901) And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. Common English Bible When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and keep his solemn promise, Catholic Public Domain Version Now her husband Elkanah ascended with his entire house, so that he might immolate to the Lord a solemn sacrifice, with his vow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Elcana her husband went up, and all his house, to offer to the Lord the solemn sacrifice, and his vow. |
No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I attain it? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
then you shall bring everything that I command you to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, and all your choice votive gifts that you vow to the Lord.
bringing there your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, your votive gifts, your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and flocks.
Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Now this man used to go up year by year from his town to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.