14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which (A)the Lord takes shall come according to families; and the family which the Lord takes shall come by households; and the household which the Lord takes shall come man by man.

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14 “‘In the morning, present(A) yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord chooses(B) shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the Lord chooses shall come forward family by family; and the family the Lord chooses shall come forward man by man.

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41 Therefore Saul said to the Lord God of Israel, (A)“Give[a] a perfect lot.(B)So Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:41 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. Why do You not answer Your servant today? If the injustice is with me or Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give proof; and if You say it is with Your people Israel, give holiness.

41 Then Saul prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel, “Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault,[a] respond with Thummim.” Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared.

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  1. 1 Samuel 14:41 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have “Why … at fault.

42 And Saul said, “Cast lots between my son Jonathan and me.” So Jonathan was taken.

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42 Saul said, “Cast the lot(A) between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.

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33 The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the Lord.

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33 The lot is cast(A) into the lap,
    but its every decision(B) is from the Lord.(C)

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