¹⁷ Because they despised the Eternal’s ritual offerings, the Eternal One judged that the sons of Eli had sinned greatly.

¹⁸ Now Samuel was then a small boy, working in the house of the Eternal One. He wore a linen vest, one of the priestly garments. ¹⁹ His mother used to make him a new robe every year, and she would take it up to him when she and her husband came to perform the yearly sacrifice.