1 Samuel 2:28

New International Version

I chose your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your ancestor’s family all the food offerings presented by the Israelites.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

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

2 Samuel 6:14

Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might,

Exodus 28:1

“Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests.

Exodus 28:4

These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests.

Exodus 30:7

“Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.

Exodus 30:8

He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the Lord for the generations to come.

Leviticus 2:10

The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:3

The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the Lord.

Leviticus 6:16

Aaron and his sons shall eat the rest of it, but it is to be eaten without yeast in the sanctuary area; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 7:32

You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution.

Leviticus 7:36

On the day they were anointed, the Lord commanded that the Israelites give this to them as their perpetual share for the generations to come.

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will have that person come near him. The man he chooses he will cause to come near him.

Numbers 18:19

Whatever is set aside from the holy offerings the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord for both you and your offspring.”

1 Samuel 14:3

among whom was Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was a son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest in Shiloh. No one was aware that Jonathan had left.

1 Samuel 2:18

But Samuel was ministering before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.