American Standard Version
"But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. "
— 1 Samuel 2:18, American Standard Version
“But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.”
“But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.”
“Now Samuel was ministering with the favor of the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.”
“But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.”
“But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.”
“But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.”
Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.
And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.
And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.