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In Hebrew scriptures, the great patriarchs and prophets usually struggle to recognize God's call. A student-teacher relationship is often the vital key to discerning vocation. The relationship between Eli, the temple priest at Shiloh in the eleventh century B.C.E.., and his young ward Samuel, who assisted in worship, illustrates this important spiritual idea. [1] In 1 Samuel, God calls Samuel audibly three times, but Samuel (who is possibly still just a boy at this time) doesn't recognize God's voice. He instead responds instead to Eli the priest--his elder, mentor, supervisor, and co-habitant. "Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him." [2] It was Eli, his mentor, who finally realized God was calling Samuel...
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