1 SAMUEL 8:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.”
He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves—the *ma'aser tzon* (tenth of flocks) represents ongoing *corvée*, and the ultimate claim is *atem tiyu lo le-avadim* (you will be his slaves). The people lose the status of *am* (people of the covenant) and become *avadim* (slaves) to the king—a reversal of the Exodus.
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