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1 Samuel 8:20-22 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

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.

22. Then the Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice, and appoint a king over them." And Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Let each one go to his own city."

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