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1 Samuel 8:12-21 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

12. And he will appoint them to be his tribunes and centurions, and the plowmen of his fields, and the harvesters of the grain, and the makers of his weapons and chariots.

13. Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.

14. Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.

15. Moreover, he will take one tenth of your grain and of the results of your vineyards, so that he may give these to his eunuchs and servants.

16. Then, too, he will take your servants, and handmaids, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and he will set them to his work.

17. Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.

18. And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves."

19. But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: "By no means! For there shall be a king over us,

20. and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us."

21. And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.

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