Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
Ministered
A linen ephod
Bible References
Ministered
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.
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.
A linen ephod
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.
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.
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.
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].