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24 Samuel’s Consecration. When she had weaned him, she took him with herself along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh, although the child was still young. 25 After they sacrificed the bull, they brought the child to Eli. 26 [a]She said, “Oh my lord, as my soul lives, I am the woman who stood beside you praying to the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:26 True to her word, Hannah—without regrets—presented her son Samuel to Eli to serve God as she had promised (1:11). This heroic sacrifice was her tribute to the Lord, who had given him to Hannah in the first place.

24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,[a](A) an ephah[b] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. 25 When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli, 26 and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text with three bulls
  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms