17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men (A)despised the offering of the Lord.

Samuel before the Lord as a Boy

18 Now (B)Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a boy [a](C)wearing a linen ephod. 19 And his mother would make him a little (D)robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer (E)the yearly sacrifice.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:18 Lit girded with

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