1 Samuel 8:15-17

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵ He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. ¹⁶ He will take your menservants and maidservants, and the best of your cattle^[a] and your asses, and put them to his work. ¹⁷ He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.