NET Bible
"Now Samuel was ministering with the favor of the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod."
— 1 Samuel 2:18, NET Bible
“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.”
“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 attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice,“Give some meat for the priest to roast! He won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
If the individual said to him,“They should certainly burn the fat away first, then take for yourself whatever you wish,” he would say,“No! Give it now! If not, I’ll take it by force!”
The sin of these young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they treated the LORD’s offering with contempt.
Now Samuel was ministering with the favor of the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.
His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him from time to time when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice.
Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying,“May the LORD establish descendants for you from this woman in place of the one that she dedicated to the LORD.”Then they would go to their home.
And indeed the LORD attended to Hannah. She got pregnant and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. But the boy Samuel grew up before the LORD.