but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember
I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD th
And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to pr
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unle
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his king
then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”