11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD 13 or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
1 Samuel 2:11–13
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1 Samuel 1:24–26
24 Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. 25 And when they had slaughtered the bull, they bro…
1 Samuel 3:1–2
1 And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce. 2 And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
1 Samuel 2:17–19
17 Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt. 18 Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod. 19 Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it…
1 Samuel 1:2–4
2 He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. 3 Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, wer…
1 Samuel 3:13–15
13 I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them. 14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or…
1 Samuel 2:21–23
21 So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD. 22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they… 23 …
1 Samuel 2:26–28
26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man. 27 Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s ho…
Sirach 45:20–22
20 He added glory to Aaron, and gave him a heritage. He divided to him the first fruits of the increase, and prepared bread of first fruits in abundance. (WEB) 21 For they eat the sacrifices of the Lord, which he gave to him and to his offspring. (WEB) 22 However, in the land of th… (WEB)
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