1 Samuel 15:21

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.'

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:15 : 15 And Saul saith, `From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.'
  • Exod 32:22-23 : 22 and Aaron saith, `Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou -- thou hast known the people that it `is' in evil; 23 and they say to me, Make for us gods, who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him;
  • Gen 3:13 : 13 And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What `is' this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    14And Samuel saith, `And what `is' the noise of this flock in mine ears -- and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?'

    15And Saul saith, `From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.'

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

    7And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which `is' on the front of Egypt,

    8and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;

    9and Saul hath pity -- also the people -- on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that `is' good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted -- it they devoted.

    10And the word of Jehovah is unto Samuel, saying,

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

    18and Jehovah sendeth thee in the way, and saith, Go, and thou hast devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them till they are consumed;

    19and why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah -- and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah?'

    20And Saul saith unto Samuel, `Because -- I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted;

  • 1 Sam 14:32
    78%

    32and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.

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

    14And Samuel saith unto the people, `Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;'

    15and all the people go to Gilgal, and cause Saul to reign there before Jehovah in Gilgal, and sacrifice there sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah, and there Saul rejoiceth -- and all the men of Israel -- very greatly.

  • 1 Sam 14:34
    75%

    34And Saul saith, `Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain `them' in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.' And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter `them' there.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    74%

    48And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler.

  • 2 Chr 15:11
    73%

    11and sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in -- oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,

  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt.

    3Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    72%

    22And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as `in' hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;

  • 1 Sam 13:4
    72%

    4And all Israel have heard, saying, `Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines,' and also, `Israel hath been abhorred by the Philistines;' and the people are called after Saul to Gilgal.

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

    11and Samuel saith, `What hast thou done?' And Saul saith, `Because I saw that the people were scattered from off me, and thou hadst not come at the appointment of the days, and the Philistines are gathered to Michmash,

    12and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.'

  • Deut 20:14
    72%

    14Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.

  • 1 Sam 13:9
    72%

    9And Saul saith, `Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;' and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend.

  • 1 Sam 11:7
    71%

    7and he taketh a couple of oxen, and cutteth them in pieces, and sendeth through all the border of Israel, by the hand of the messengers, saying, `He who is not coming out after Saul and after Samuel -- thus it is done to his oxen;' and the fear of Jehovah falleth on the people, and they come out as one man.

  • Num 31:11
    71%

    11And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast;

  • 1 Chr 29:21
    71%

    21And they sacrifice to Jehovah sacrifices, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the morrow of that day, bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, lambs a thousand, and their oblations, even sacrifices in abundance, for all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 14:15
    71%

    15and also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 26:27
    70%

    27from the battles, even from the spoil they sanctified to strengthen the house of Jehovah;

  • 1 Sam 14:30
    70%

    30How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.'

  • 1 Sam 30:20
    70%

    20and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, `This `is' David's spoil.'

  • 1 Sam 31:11
    70%

    11And they hear regarding it -- the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead -- that which the Philistines have done to Saul,

  • 1 Sam 13:7
    70%

    7And Hebrews have passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; and Saul `is' yet in Gilgal, and all the people have trembled after him.

  • 2 Sam 21:12
    70%

    12and David goeth and taketh the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the possessors of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-Shan, where the Philistines hanged them, in the day of the Philistines smiting Saul in Gilboa;

  • 2 Sam 21:2
    70%

    2And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them -- as to the Gibeonites, they `are' not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah --

  • 1 Sam 14:36
    69%

    36And Saul saith, `Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey upon them till the light of the morning, and leave not a man of them.' And they say, `All that is good in thine eyes do.' And the priest saith, `Let us draw near hither unto God.'

  • Deut 3:7
    69%

    7and all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we have spoiled for ourselves.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    69%

    21And they take captive their cattle, of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of human beings a hundred thousand;

  • Josh 8:27
    69%

    27only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua.

  • 1 Sam 10:8
    69%

    8`And thou hast gone down before me to Gilgal, and lo, I am going down unto thee, to cause to ascend burnt-offerings, to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings; seven days thou dost wait till my coming in unto thee, and I have made known to thee that which thou dost do.'

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

    31And Samuel turneth back after Saul, and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah;

    32and Samuel saith, `Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,' and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, `Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.'

    33And Samuel saith, `As thy sword bereaved women -- so is thy mother bereaved above women;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:5
    69%

    5And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;

  • Deut 2:35
    69%

    35only, the cattle we have spoiled for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we have captured.

  • Num 25:2
    69%

    2and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat, and bow themselves to their gods,

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    69%

    5and lo, Saul hath come after the herd out of the field, and Saul saith, `What -- to the people, that they weep?' and they recount to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

  • Judg 21:11
    69%

    11And this `is' the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'

  • 1 Chr 10:11
    69%

    11And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul,

  • Num 31:26
    69%

    26`Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company;

  • Deut 13:16
    69%

    16and all its spoil thou dost gather unto the midst of its broad place, and hast burned with fire the city and all its spoil completely, before Jehovah thy God, and it hath been a heap age-during, it is not built any more;