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1 Samuel 12
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Samuel`s Farewell Speech...
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And Shemu`el said to all Yisra`el, `Look, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have set a sovereign over you.
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'And now, look, the sovereign is walking before you. And I am old and grey, and look, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
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'Look, here I am. Witness against me before YHWH and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I abused, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? - then I restore it to you.'
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And they said, 'You have not oppressed us or abused us, nor have you taken any bribe from anyone's hand.'
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So he said to them, ' YHWH is witness against you, and His anointed is witness today, that you have found naught in my hand.' And they answered, 'He is witness.'
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And Shemu'el said to the people, 'It is YHWH who appointed Mosheh and Aharon, and who brought your fathers up from the land of Mitsrayim.
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'And now, stand still, so that I judge you before YHWH concerning all the righteous acts of YHWH which He did to you and your fathers:
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'When Ya'aqob had come to Mitsrayim, and your fathers cried out to YHWH, then YHWH sent Mosheh and Aharon, who brought your fathers out of Mitsrayim and made them dwell in this place.
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'But they forgot YHWH their Elohim, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hatsor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sovereign of Mo'ab. And they fought against them.
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`And they cried out to YHWH, and said, `We have sinned, because we have forsaken YHWH and served the Ba`als and the Ashtaroth. And now, deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we serve You.`
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'And YHWH sent Yerubba'al, and Bedan, and Yiphtah, and Shemu'el, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and you dwelt in safety.
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'And when you saw that Nahash sovereign of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No, but let a sovereign reign over us,' when YHWH your Elohim was your sovereign.
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'And now, here is the sovereign whom you have chosen and whom you have asked. And see, YHWH has set a sovereign over you.
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'If you fear YHWH, and shall serve Him and obey His voice, and not rebel against the command of YHWH, then both you and the sovereign who reigns over you shall follow YHWH your Elohim.
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'But if you do not obey the voice of YHWH, and shall rebel against the command of YHWH, then the hand of YHWH shall be against you, as it was against your fathers.
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'And now, stand and see this great matter which YHWH does before your eyes:
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'Is today not the wheat harvest? Let me call to YHWH, so that He sends thunder and rain - know then and see that your evil is great, which you have done in the eyes of YHWH, in asking for yourselves a sovereign.'
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And Shemu'el called to YHWH, and YHWH sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared YHWH and Shemu'el.
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And all the people said to Shemu'el, 'Pray for your servants to YHWH your Elohim, that we do not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil of asking for ourselves a sovereign.'
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And Shemu'el said to the people, 'Do not fear. You have done all this evil. Only, do not turn aside from following YHWH. And you shall serve YHWH with all your heart,
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and do not turn aside after worthless matters which do not profit or deliver, for they are worthless.
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'For YHWH would not cast away His people, for His great Name's sake, seeing it has pleased YHWH to make you His people.
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'Also, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against YHWH in ceasing to pray for you, but I shall teach you the good and straight way.
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'Only fear YHWH, and you shall serve Him in truth with all your heart, for consider what marvels He has done for you.
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'But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your sovereign are consumed.'
1 Samuel 12
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1 Samuel 12
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