1 Samuel 2:28

New English Translation

I chose your ancestor from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor’s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 6:14

Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the Lord.

Exodus 28:1

“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests – Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

Exodus 28:4

Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests.

Exodus 30:7

Aaron is to burn sweet incense on it morning by morning; when he attends to the lamps he is to burn incense.

Exodus 30:8

When Aaron sets up the lamps around sundown he is to burn incense on it; it is to be a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.

Leviticus 2:10

The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons – it is most holy from the gifts of the Lord.

Leviticus 2:3

The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons – it is most holy from the gifts of the Lord.

Leviticus 6:16

Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left over from it. It must be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Meeting Tent.

Leviticus 7:32

The right thigh you must give as a contribution offering to the priest from your peace offering sacrifices.

Leviticus 7:36

This is what the Lord commanded to give to them from the Israelites on the day Moses anointed them – a perpetual allotted portion throughout their generations.

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning the Lord will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him.

Numbers 18:19

All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your descendants with you.”

1 Samuel 14:3

Now Ahijah was carrying an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left.

1 Samuel 2:18

Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.