1 Samuel 2:17-19
New King James Version
17 Therefore the sin of the young men was very great (A)before the Lord, for men (B)abhorred[a] the offering of the Lord.
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18 (C)But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, (D)wearing a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother used to make him a little robe, and bring it to him year by year when she (E)came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
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- 1 Samuel 2:17 despised
1 Samuel 2:17-19
New International Version
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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1 Samuel 2:17-19
King James Version
17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
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