1 Samuel 8:20

1 Samuel 8:20 in other translations

What does 1 Samuel 8:20 mean?

1 Samuel 8:20 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 8:20

• 1 Samuel 8:5

  And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

• Exodus 33:16

  For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

• Psalms 106:35

  But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

• Leviticus 20:24-26

  But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people. Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

• Deuteronomy 7:6

  For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

• John 15:19

  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

• Philippians 3:20

  For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

• Numbers 23:9

  For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

• 2 Corinthians 6:17

  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

• Romans 12:12

  Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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Context

• 1 Samuel 8:19

  Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

• 1 Samuel 8:20

  That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

• 1 Samuel 8:21

  And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

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