1 Samuel 2:18

Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a child dressed in a linen ephod [a sacred item of priestly clothing].

1 Samuel 3:1

Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lord under the supervision of Eli. The word of the Lord was rare and precious in those days; visions [that is, new revelations of divine truth] were not widespread.

1 Samuel 2:11

Elkanah [and his wife Hannah] returned to Ramah to his house. But the child [Samuel] served the Lord under the guidance of Eli the priest.

Exodus 28:4

These are the garments which they shall make: a breastpiece and an ephod [for the breastpiece] and a robe and a tunic of checkered work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make sacred garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, so that he may serve as a priest to Me.

2 Samuel 6:14

And David was dancing before the Lord with great enthusiasm, and David was wearing a linen ephod [a priest’s upper garment].

1 Samuel 22:18

So the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests, and that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the [priest’s] linen ephod.

Leviticus 8:7

He put the undertunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him in the robe, and put the ephod (an upper vestment) on him. He tied the [skillfully woven] band of the ephod around him, with which he secured it to Aaron.

1 Samuel 2:28

Moreover, I selected him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me. And [from then on] I gave to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel.

1 Chronicles 15:27

David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who carried the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah, director of the music of the singers. David also wore an ephod (a priestly upper garment) of linen.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Samuel 2:18

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

Ministered

1 Samuel 2:11

1 Samuel 3:1

A linen ephod

Bible References

Ministered

Elkanah [and his wife Hannah] returned to Ramah to his house. But the child [Samuel] served the Lord

under the guidance of Eli the priest.

Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lord

under the supervision of Eli. The word of the Lord was rare and precious in those days; visions [that is, new revelations of divine truth] were not widespread.

A linen ephod

And David was dancing before the Lord with great enthusiasm, and David was wearing a linen ephod [a priest’s upper garment].