“But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.”
1 Samuel 2:18 (WEB)
Context Reading
16If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.” 17The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering. 18But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod. 19Moreover 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. 20Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspringfrom this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.