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1 Samuel 1:24

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Three calves. Septuagint, "a calf three years old "such as Abraham sacrificed, Genesis xv. 9. We only find one offered up, ver. 25. Bushels. Hebrew epha, (Calmet) each of which contained three bushels or measures, Ruth ii. 17. (Haydock) Bottle. Hebrew nebel, a large measure containing above 87 pints. (Calmet) The sacrifices seem to have been for thanksgiving, accompanied with an ephi for each calf, and with wine, Numbers xv., and Ezechiel xlvi. 7.

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