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-\v 1 There was a man named Elkanah, a descendant of Zuph, who lived in the city of Ramah in the hill country, where the people of the tribe of Ephraim lived. His father was Jeroham, his grandfather was Elihu, and his great-grandfather was Tohu. He belonged to the clan of Zuph.
+\v 1 There was a man named Elkanah, a descendant of Zuph, who lived in the city of Ramah in the hill country where the people of the tribe of Ephraim lived. His father was Jeroham, his grandfather was Elihu, and his great-grandfather was Tohu. He belonged to the clan of Zuph.
-\v 2 He had two wives: Hannah and Peninnah. Now Peninnah had several children, but Hannah had no children.
+\v 2 He had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Now Peninnah had several children, but Hannah had no children.
 
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-\v 3 Once every year Elkanah went up with his family from Ramah to the city of Shiloh. He would go there to worship Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, and offer sacrifices to him. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, helped their father to do the work as priests of Yahweh there.
+\v 3 Once every year, Elkanah went up with his family from Ramah to the city of Shiloh. He would go there to worship Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, and offer sacrifices to him. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, helped their father to do the work as priests of Yahweh there.
 \v 4 Each time Elkanah offered sacrifices there, he would give some of the meat to Peninnah and some to each of her sons and daughters.
 
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 \v 10 Hannah was very distressed, and she cried very sorrowfully as she prayed to Yahweh.
 
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-\v 11 She made a solemn promise, saying, "O Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, if you will look at me and see how miserable your servant is, and remember me and do not forget your serevant, but please allow your servant to give birth to a son, then I will dedicate him to you for the rest of his life, and no razor will ever cut his hair."
+\v 11 She made a solemn promise, saying, "O Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, if you will look at me and see how miserable your servant is, and remember me and do not forget your servant, but please allow your servant to give birth to a son, then I will dedicate him to you for the rest of his life, and no razor will ever cut his hair."
 
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 \v 17 Eli replied, "I wish that things may go well for you. I desire that God, the one we Israelite people worship, may give you what you asked of him."
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-\v 18 She replied, "I want you to think highly about your servant." Then she returned to her family and after she ate something, she was sad no more.
+\v 18 She replied, "I want you to think highly about your servant." Then she returned to her family, and after she ate something she was sad no more.
 
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-\v 21 The following year, Elkanah went up to Shiloh with his family to make the kind of sacrifice he made each year, and also to give a special offering to God that he had promised to give him previously.
+\v 21 The following year, Elkanah went up to Shiloh with his family to make the kind of sacrifice he made each year and also to give a special offering to God that he had promised to give him previously.
 \v 22 But Hannah did not go with them. She said to her husband, "After I have weaned the baby, I will take him to Shiloh and present him to Yahweh, and he will stay there for the rest of his life."
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 \v 23 Elkanah said, "Do what you think is best. Stay here until you have weaned him. What I desire is that Yahweh may enable you to do what you have promised." So Hannah stayed at home and nursed her son until she weaned him.
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 \q1 "In my inner being I rejoice in what you, Yahweh, have done.
 \q2 I am strong because I belong to you.
 \q1 I laugh at my enemies
-\q2 because you, Yahweh has rescued me from being mocked by them.
+\q2 because you, Yahweh, have rescued me from being mocked by them.
 
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-\v 5 Many people who previously had plenty to eat, now have to work for other people to earn money to buy food,
+\v 5 Many people who previously had plenty to eat now have to work for other people to earn money to buy food,
 \q2 but many who were always hungry are not hungry anymore.
 \q1 The woman who did not have any children before, now has given birth to many children,
 \q2 and the woman who had many children before, now is very lonely because they have all died.
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 \q2 and you restore some people who were almost dead.
 \q1 For some people, it seems that they will soon go to where dead people go, but you cause them to become healthy again.
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-\v 7 Yahweh, you cause some people to be poor, and you cause some people to be rich,
+\v 7 Yahweh, you cause some people to be poor, and you cause some people to be rich;
 \q2 you humble some people, and you honor some people.
 
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 \v 10 Yahweh, you will break into pieces those who oppose you.
 \q2 You will cause thunder in the sky to show that you oppose them.
 \q1 Yahweh, you will judge people everywhere, even those who live in the most remote places on the earth.
-\q2 You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint, and give him great power over his enemies."
+\q2 You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint and give him great power over his enemies."
 
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 \v 12 Eli's two sons, who were also priests, were very wicked. They were not faithful to Yahweh.
-\v 13 The custom was that while the people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices in the huge pot at the temple, a priest would send his servant, who would come with a large three-pronged fork in his hand.
+\v 13 The custom was that while the people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices in the huge pot at the temple, a priest would send his servant who would come with a large three-pronged fork in his hand.
 \v 14 He would stick the fork into the meat in the pot, and whatever meat fastened onto the fork, he would take and give it to the priest who sent him.
 
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 \v 16 If the man said to the servant, "Let the priests cut off and burn the fat first; then you can take what you want," the servant would reply, "No, give it to me now; if you do not give it to me, I will take it forcefully!"
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-\v 17 Yahweh considered that the young sons of Eli were committing a very great sin, because they were treating very disrespectfully the offerings that were being given to Yahweh.
+\v 17 Yahweh considered that the young sons of Eli were committing a very great sin because they were treating very disrespectfully the offerings that were being given to Yahweh.
 
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 \v 27 One day, a prophet came to Eli and told him, "This is what Yahweh has told me: 'When your ancestors were slaves of the king of Egypt, I appeared to Aaron.
-\v 28 From all the tribes of the Israelite people, I chose him and his male descendants to be priests for me. I appointed them to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear a sacred apron as they worked for me. And I declared that they could take and eat some of the meat that the Israelite people burned on the altar.
+\v 28 From all the tribes of the Israelite people, I chose him and his male descendants to be priests for me. I appointed them to go up to my altar to burn incense and to wear a sacred apron as they worked for me. And I declared that they could take and eat some of the meat that the Israelite people burned on the altar.
 
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-\v 29 So why do you show disrespect for the sacrifices and offerings that I commanded the people to bring to me? You are honoring your sons more than you are honoring me, by allowing them to get fat from eating the best parts of all the sacrifices that the Israelite people bring to me!'
+\v 29 So why do you show disrespect for the sacrifices and offerings that I commanded the people to bring to me? You are honoring your sons more than you are honoring me by allowing them to get fat from eating the best parts of all the sacrifices that the Israelite people bring to me!'
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 \v 30 Therefore, this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, declares: 'I definitely promised that Aaron and his descendants would continue to serve me forever. But now I declare this: It will not continue like that! I will honor those who honor me, but I will despise those who despise me.
 
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 \v 31 Listen carefully! There will soon be a time when I will cause all the strong young men in your family to die. The result will be that no men in your family will live long enough to become old men.
 \v 32 You will be distressed and envious as you see the blessings that I will give to the other people in Israel. And I repeat that no men in your family will ever live long enough to become old men.
-\v 33 There is one of your descendants whom I will spare; I will not prevent him from serving me as a priest. But he will become blind from weeping; he will always be sad and grieving. But all your other descendants will die violently.
+\v 33 There is one of your descendants whom I will spare; I will not prevent him from serving me as a priest. But he will become blind from weeping; he will always be sad and grieving. But all of your other descendants will die violently.
 
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 \v 34 And your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will both die on the same day. And that will prove to you that all that I have said will come true.
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 \v 35 I have chosen another man to be my priest. He is one who will serve me faithfully: He will do everything I want. I will make sure that his descendants will be priests and will always serve me by helping the king whom I will choose.
 
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-\v 36 All of your descendants who remain alive will have to go to that priest and ask him to give them money and food, and they will each have to say, "Please allow me to help the other priests, in order that I may earn some money to buy some food."'"
+\v 36 All of your descendants who remain alive will have to go to that priest and ask him to give them money and food, and they will each have to say, "Please allow me to help the other priests so that I may earn some money to buy some food."'"
 
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 \v 1 While he was still a boy, Samuel was serving Yahweh while Eli supervised him. At that time there were very few messages that anyone received from Yahweh, and very few people saw visions that Yahweh gave them.
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 \v 2 By that time Eli's eyes were very weak; he was almost blind. One night he was sleeping in his room,
-\v 3 and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of Yahweh, where the sacred chest was kept. There was a lamp there that represented the presence of God, and it was still burning.
+\v 3 and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of Yahweh where the sacred chest was kept. There was a lamp there that represented the presence of God, and it was still burning.
 \v 4 Just then Yahweh called, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel replied, "I am here!"
 
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-\v 7 At that time Samuel had not yet known what it was like for Yahweh to speak to him, because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him.
+\v 7 At that time Samuel had not yet known what it was like for Yahweh to speak to him because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him.
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 \v 8 After Samuel lay down again, Yahweh called him a third time. So again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "I am here, because you called me!"
 \p Then Eli realized that it was Yahweh who was calling the boy.
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 \v 12 When that happens, I will punish Eli and his family. I will do to them everything that I said that I would do.
-\v 13 His sons have shown great disrespect for me by the disgraceful things they have done, and Eli did not keep them back from doing it. So I told him that I would punish his family forever.
+\v 13 His sons have shown great disrespect for me by the disgraceful things they have done, and Eli did not keep them from doing those things. So I told him that I would punish his family forever.
 \v 14 I solemnly promised to Eli's family, 'You will never be able to avoid the consequences for your sin, even if you give me sacrifices or offerings.'"
 
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