Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.
“Each year you must celebrate three festivals in my honor.
“Make the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue cloth,
The next year Elkanah and his family went on their annual trip to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow.
Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the Lord at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas.