22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lordver. 11, 28;[ch. 2:11,18;3:1]and dwell there forever." 23 [Num. 30:7] Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; 2 Sam. 7:25only, may the Lord establish his word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. 24 And when she had weaned him, Deut. 12:5,6,11she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull,1:24 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text three bulls an ephah1:24 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to ver. 3, 9;[Josh. 18:1]the house of the Lord at Shiloh. And the child was young.
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