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1 Samuel 2:17-19
Living Bible
1 Samuel 2:17-19
Living Bible
17 So the sin of these young men was very great in the eyes of the Lord; for they treated the people’s offerings to the Lord with contempt.
18 Samuel, though only a child, was the Lord’s helper and wore a little linen robe just like the priest’s.[a] 19 Each year his mother made a little coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.
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- 1 Samuel 2:18 a little linen robe just like the priest’s, literally, “a linen ephod.”
1 Samuel 2:17-19
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 2:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text people
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