Girded with a linen ephod - This was the usual dress of the priests. It does not appear whether Levites wore an ephod properly. Possibly, it…

The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary—The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli—The Doom of the House of Ithamar.

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

What a contrast there was between little Samuel and…

But Samuel ministered before the Lord The ministration of Samuel, though a child, is observed both before and after the a…

Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did t…