¹⁷ And so the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men ^(A)treated the offering of the Lord disrespectfully.

Samuel before the Lord as a Boy

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