1 Samuel 2:36 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁶ ‘And it shall be that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a cake of bread, and say, “Please, put me in one of the priestly positions to eat a piece of bread.” ’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ Everyone who is left in your house shall come crouching to him for a piece of silver and a bit of bread and say, Put me, I pray you, into a priest's office so I may have a piece of bread.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

Common English Bible

³⁶ Anyone left from your household will come and beg him for a bit of silver or a loaf of bread, saying: ‘Please appoint me to some priestly duty so I can have a scrap of bread to eat.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ Then this will be in the future, that whoever will have remained of your house, he will approach so that he may pray on his behalf. And he will offer a coin of silver, and a twist of bread. And he will say: 'Permit me, I beg you, one part of the priestly office, so that I may eat a mouthful of bread.' "

1 Samuel 2:36 Cross References

1 Kings 2:27

So Shelomoh dismissed Eḇ

2 Kings 23:9

However, the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of יהוה  in Yerushalayim, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

Proverbs 14:19

The evil ones shall bow before the good, And the wrong ones at the gates of the righteous.

Malachi 1:13

“And you said, ‘Oh, what weariness!’ and you sneered at it,” said יהוה  of hosts. “And you brought in plunder, and the lame, and the sick – thus you have brought in the offering! Should I accept this from your hand?” said יהוה.

Judges 17:10

And Miḵ

1 Samuel 2:35

‘And I shall raise up for Myself a trustworthy priest who does according to what is in My heart and in My being. And I shall build him a steadfast house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.

1 Samuel 3:1

And the young Shemu’ĕ