For I have chosen him, that he may command 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 to Abraham what he has promised him.”
1 Samuel 1:21 - English Standard Version 2016 The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. Matoleo zaidiKing 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, that he may command 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 to Abraham what he has promised him.”
I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
then to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.
and there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Now this man used to go up year by year from his city 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.
And 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.