1 Samuel 15:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But the people took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was devoted to destruction—to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But the people{H5971} took{H3947} of the spoil,{H7998} sheep{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} the chief{H7225} of the devoted{H2764} things, to sacrifice{H2076} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in Gilgal.{H1537}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But the people{H5971} took{H3947}{(H8799)} of the spoil{H7998}, sheep{H6629} and oxen{H1241}, the chief{H7225} of the things which should have been utterly destroyed{H2764}, to sacrifice{H2076}{(H8800)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} in Gilgal{H1537}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    but ye people haue take of the spoyle, shepe & oxen, and ye best amoge the damned, to offer vnto ye LORDE thy God in Gilgall.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But the people tooke of the spoyle, sheepe, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which shoulde haue bene destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But the people toke of ye spoyle, sheepe, oxen, and the chiefest of the thynges whiche shoulde haue ben destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the people taketh of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to the curse, to make an offering of them to the Lord your God in Gilgal.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle– the best of what was to be slaughtered– to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:15 : 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
  • Exod 32:22-23 : 22 Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are bent on mischief. 23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-15
    2 verses
    86%

    14 And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

    15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Sam 15:7-10
    4 verses
    83%

    7 And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, which is opposite Egypt.

    8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

    9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

    10 Then came the word of the LORD to Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Sam 15:18-20
    3 verses
    78%

    18 And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.

    19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?

    20 And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

  • 1 Sam 14:32
    78%

    32 The people rushed on the spoil, took sheep, oxen, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and the people ate them with the blood.

  • 1 Sam 11:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there."

    15 And all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal, and there they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

  • 1 Sam 14:34
    75%

    34 Then Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Bring every man his ox and every man his sheep, and slaughter them here, and eat, and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" So all the people brought every man his ox with him that night and slaughtered them there.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    74%

    48 He gathered an army, struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from those who plundered them.

  • 2 Chr 15:11
    73%

    11 And they offered to the LORD at the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him on the way, when he came up from Egypt.

    3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    72%

    22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

  • 1 Sam 13:4
    72%

    4 And all Israel heard that Saul had struck a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel was in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 13:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines gathered at Michmash,

    12 Therefore I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD; I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

  • Deut 20:14
    72%

    14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, you shall take for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

  • 1 Sam 13:9
    72%

    9 And Saul said, Bring here a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

  • 1 Sam 11:7
    71%

    7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territories of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whosoever does not come after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

  • Num 31:11
    71%

    11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

  • 1 Chr 29:21
    71%

    21 And they offered sacrifices to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings to the LORD, on the next day after that day, even a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

  • 2 Chr 14:15
    71%

    15 They also attacked the tents of cattle and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 26:27
    70%

    27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 14:30
    70%

    30 How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great."

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    70%

    20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

  • 1 Sam 31:11
    70%

    11 When the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • 1 Sam 13:7
    70%

    7 And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    70%

    12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, who had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa:

  • 2 Sam 21:2
    70%

    2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites; and the Israelites had sworn to them. Yet Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.)

  • 1 Sam 14:36
    69%

    36 Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man among them." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."

  • Deut 3:7
    69%

    7 But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities, we took as plunder for ourselves.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    69%

    21 And they took away their animals: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.

  • Josh 8:27
    69%

    27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey for themselves, according to the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

  • 1 Sam 10:8
    69%

    8 And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice peace offerings: seven days you shall wait, till I come to you, and show you what you shall do.

  • 1 Sam 15:31-33
    3 verses
    69%

    31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

    32 Then said Samuel, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him delicately, and Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

    33 And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:5
    69%

    5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

  • Deut 2:35
    69%

    35 Only the cattle we took for ourselves as spoil, and the plunder of the cities which we took.

  • Num 25:2
    69%

    2 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    69%

    5 And behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field, and Saul said, "What troubles the people, that they weep?" And they told him the news of the men of Jabesh.

  • Judg 21:11
    69%

    11 And this is what you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.

  • 1 Chr 10:11
    69%

    11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

  • Num 31:26
    69%

    26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation;

  • Deut 13:16
    69%

    16 And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every bit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.