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|1 Samuel 3:1| Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
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|1 Samuel 3:2| One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed.
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|1 Samuel 3:3| The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near the Ark of God.
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|1 Samuel 3:4| Suddenly the lord called out, “Samuel!”“Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?”
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|1 Samuel 3:5| He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”“I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did.
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|1 Samuel 3:6| Then the lord called out again, “Samuel!”Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”“I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.”
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|1 Samuel 3:7| Samuel did not yet know the lord because he had never had a message from the lord before.
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|1 Samuel 3:8| So the lord called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”Then Eli realized it was the lord who was calling the boy.
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|1 Samuel 3:9| So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, lord, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed.
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|1 Samuel 3:10| And the lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
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