1 Samuel 2:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 2:18

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod.

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WEB

World English Bible

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.

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ASV

American Standard Version

But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Samuel 2

¹⁶ And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”

¹⁷ Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

¹⁸ Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

¹⁹ Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

²⁰ And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.

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