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1 Samuel 2:22-25

22NowEliוְעֵלִ֖יve.'e.LiH5941wasveryH3966old;andheheardH8085allthathissonsבָּנָיו֙ba.NavH1121diduntoallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andhowthattheylayH7901withthewomenH802thatdidserviceatthedoorH6607ofthetentאֹ֥הֶל'O.helH168ofmeetingמוֹעֵֽד׃mo.'EdH4150.

23AndhesaidH559untothem,Whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100doyesuchthingsH1697?forIhearשֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙sho.Me.a'H8085ofyourevilH7451dealingsfromallthispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971.

24Nay,mysonsבָּנָ֑יba.NaiH1121;foritisnogoodטוֹבָ֤הto.VahH2896reportהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ha.she.mu.'AhH8052thatIhearשֹׁמֵ֔עַsho.Me.a'H8085: yemakeH8085Jehovah’speopleעַם־'am-H5971totransgressH5674.

25IfoneH376manH376sinיֶחֱטָ֨אye.che.Ta'H2398againstanother,Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430shalljudgehim;butifamanH376sinיֶֽחֱטָא־ye.che.ta'-H2398againstJehovah,whoshallentreatforhim? Notwithstanding,theyhearkenednotuntothevoiceלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963oftheirfatherאֲבִיהֶ֔ם'a.vi.HemH1,becauseJehovahwasmindedtoslaythem.

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