Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Ministered

1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 3:1
Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.

A linen ephod

1 Samuel 22:18
Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.
Exodus 28:4
This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to make holy robes for Aaron your brother and for his sons, so that they may do the work of priests for me.
Leviticus 8:7
He put the coat on him, making it tight with its band, and then the robe, and over it the ephod, with its band of needlework to keep it in place.
2 Samuel 6:14
And David, clothed in a linen ephod, was dancing before the Lord with all his strength.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain