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1 Samuel 1:3

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And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.

And this {H1931} man {H376} went up {H5927} out of his city {H5892} yearly {H3117}{H3117} to worship {H7812} and to sacrifice {H2076} unto the LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635} in Shiloh {H7887}. And the two {H8147} sons {H1121} of Eli {H5941}, Hophni {H2652} and Phinehas {H6372}, the priests {H3548} of the LORD {H3068}, were there.

This man went up from his city every year to worship and sacrifice to ADONAI-Tzva'ot in Shiloh. The two sons of 'Eli, Hofni and Pinchas, were cohanim of ADONAI there.

Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 2:41 (7 votes)

    ¶ Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

  • Joshua 18:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

  • Deuteronomy 12:5 (6 votes)

    ¶ But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

  • Deuteronomy 12:7 (6 votes)

    And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Exodus 34:23 (5 votes)

    Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

  • Exodus 23:14 (5 votes)

    Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

  • Deuteronomy 16:16 (4 votes)

    Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: