¹⁸ But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, wearing a linen ephod.

¹⁸ And Samuel is ministering 'in' the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt 'with' an ephod of linen;

¹⁸ But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

¹⁸ But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the Lord . He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.