17 So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because the men treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.(A)

18 Samuel served in the Lord’s presence(B)—this mere boy was dressed in the linen ephod.(C) 19 Each year his mother made him a little robe(D) and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.(E)

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17 This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they[a] were treating the Lord’s offering with contempt.(A)

18 But Samuel was ministering(B) before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.(C) 19 Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual(D) sacrifice.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text people