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- "That the LORDª calledª°¹ Samuel:ª and he answered,ª° Here¹ [am] I. ... And the LORDª calledª° yet¹ again,ª° Samuel.ª And Samuelª aroseª° and went²°¹ to¹ Eli,ª and said,ª° Here¹ [am] I; for¹ thou didst callª° me. And he answered,ª° I calledª° not,¹ my son;ª lie downª° again.ª°" {1Sm 3:4-6} + "And the LORDª calledª° Samuelª againª° the third¹ time.² And he aroseª° and went²°¹ to¹ Eli,ª and said,ª° Here¹ [am] I; for¹ thou didst callª° me. And Eliª perceivedª° that¹ the LORDª had calledª° the child.ª" {1Sm 3:8}; Samuel did not now rise and run as before, when thought he Eli called, but lay still and listened. All must be silent, when God speaks. Observe, however, Samuel in his reply left out one word. He did not say, Speak, Lord, but only Speak, for thy servant heareth; perhaps, as Bp. Patrick suggests, out of uncertainty, whether it was God that spake to him or not. However, by this answer way was made for the message he was now to receive, and Samuel was brought acquainted with the words of God and visions of the Almighty.
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