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17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for they treated the offerings of the Lord with contempt.(A)

The Child Samuel at Shiloh

18 Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod.(B) 19 His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.(C)

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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