⁶ and you shall be to Me ^(A)a kingdom of priests and ^(B)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

Samuel before the Lord as a Boy

¹⁸ Now ^(A)Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a boy ^(B)wearing a linen ephod.

^28 (A)Did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me? And did I not ^(B)give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel?