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1 Samuel 2:18-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Samuel 2:18-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Child Samuel at Shiloh
18 Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy girded with a linen ephod.[a] 19 And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 Then Eli would bless Elka′nah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you children by this woman for the loan which she lent to[b] the Lord”; so then they would return to their home.
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- 2.18 ephod: The ephod was either a distinctive priestly garment as here, or a means of divination used by the priest, possibly a container for the sacred lots; cf. 2.28.
- 1 Samuel 2:20 Or for the petition which she asked of
1 Samuel 2:18-20
New International Version
1 Samuel 2:18-20
New International Version
18 But Samuel was ministering(A) before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.(B) 19 Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual(C) sacrifice. 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed(D) for and gave to[a] the Lord.” Then they would go home.
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- 1 Samuel 2:20 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text and asked from
1 Samuel 2:26
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Samuel 2:26
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
26 Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with men.
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1 Samuel 2:26
New International Version
1 Samuel 2:26
New International Version
26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow(A) in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.(B)
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