He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 8:15 in context
1 Samuel 8:12–18
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He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest; and to make his instruments of war and the instruments of his chariots.
13
He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14
He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.
15
Selected verse
He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
16
He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
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He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
18
You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.”
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