1st Samuel Chapter 15 verse 21 Holy Bible
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
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But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to the curse, to make an offering of them to the Lord your God in Gilgal.
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But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
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But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
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But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
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But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.
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and the people taketh of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe troopsהָעָ֧ם (hā·‘ām)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flocktookוַיִּקַּ֨ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3947: To takesheepצֹ֥אן (ṣōn)Noun - common singularStrong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flockand cattleוּבָקָ֖ר (ū·ḇā·qār)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herdfrom the plunder,מֵהַשָּׁלָ֛ל (mê·haš·šā·lāl)Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7998: A prey, spoil, plunder, bootythe best of whichרֵאשִׁ֣ית (rê·šîṯ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 7225: The first, in place, time, order, rankwas devoted to destructionהַחֵ֑רֶם (ha·ḥê·rem)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2764: A net, a doomed object, exterminationto sacrificeלִזְבֹּ֛חַ (liz·bō·aḥ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrificeto the LORDלַֽיהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativeat Gilgal.”בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ (bag·gil·gāl)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 1537: Gilgal -- 'circle (of stones)', the name of several places in PalestineJump to PreviousBest Cattle Chief Choicest Curse Destroyed Destruction Devoted Herd Offering Oxen Part Plunder Sacrifice Sheep Soldiers Spoil Utterly