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Shmuel Alef 8:17-22 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

17. He will take the tenth of your tzon; and ye shall be his avadim.

18. And ye shall cry out in that day because of your melech which ye shall have chosen for you; and Hashem will not hear you in that day.

19. Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Shmuel; and they said, No; but we will have a Melech over us;

20. That we also may be like kol HaGoyim; and that our Melech may judge us, and go out before us, and fight milchamoteinu (our battles).

21. And Shmuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Hashem.

22. And Hashem said to Shmuel, Pay heed unto their voice, and crown them a Melech. And Shmuel said unto the Anshei Yisroel, Go ye back every ish unto his ir (town).

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