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Attributed commentary excerpt

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Samuel 1:11

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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vowed: Gen 28:20; Num 21:2, Num 30:3-8; Jdg 11:30; Ecc 5:4 look: Gen 29:32; Exo 4:31; Sa2 16:12; Psa 25:18 remember: Sa1 1:19; Gen 8:1, Gen 30:22; Psa 132:1, Psa 132:2 a man child: Heb. seed of men I will give: Samuel, as a descendent of Levi, was the Lord's property, from twenty-five years of age till fifty; but the vow here implies that he should be consecrated to the Lord from his infancy to his death, and that he should not only act as a Levite, but as a Nazarite. there: Num 6:5; Jdg 13:5 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 1:12
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