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17 So the sin of the young men was very serious in the sight of the Lord, because the men were treating the Lord’s offerings with contempt.

18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord while he was still a young boy, dressed in a special vest[a] made of linen. 19 His mother would make a little robe for him and bring it to him whenever she came up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:18 Hebrew ephod

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