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1 Samuel 3:3

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ere: Before sun-rise. For it is probable the lamps were extinguished before the rising of the sun; see the parallel passages.

the lamp: Exodus 27:20-21, Exodus 30:7-8; Leviticus 24:2-4; 2 Chronicles 13:11

the temple: 1 Samuel 1:6; Psalms 5:7, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 29:9

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