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26 Little Samuel was growing in two ways—he was getting taller, and he was becoming everyone’s favorite (and he was a favorite of the Lord’s, too!).

27 One day a prophet[a] came to Eli and gave him this message from the Lord: “Didn’t I demonstrate my power when the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt? 28 Didn’t I choose your ancestor Levi from among all his brothers to be my priest, and to sacrifice upon my altar, and to burn incense, and to wear a priestly robe[b] as he served me? And didn’t I assign the sacrificial offerings to you priests?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:27 a prophet, literally, “a man of God.”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:28 a priestly robe, literally, “an ephod.”

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