NASB
"Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy wearing a linen ephod."
— 1 Samuel 2:18, NASB
“But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.”
“But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, 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.”
Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw."
If the man said to him, "They must surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as you desire," then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men despised the offering of the LORD.
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.
And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you children from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD." And they went to their own home.
The LORD visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the LORD.