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1 Samuel 8:10-15 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

10. So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked of him a king.

11. He said, "This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.

12. He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

13. He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers.

14. He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants.

15. He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants.

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