For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
1 Samuel 1:21 - New International Version (Anglicised) When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfil his vow, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’
I will be careful to lead a blameless life – when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.
Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name – there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.
there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.’
Year after year this man went up from his town to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the Lord.
Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.