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The Child Samuel. —From Shiloh, Hannah quietly returned to her home at Ramah, leaving the child Samuel to be trained for service in the house of God, under the instruction of the high priest. From the earliest dawn of intellect, she had taught her son to love and reverence God, and to regard himself as the Lord's. By every familiar object surrounding him, she had sought to lead his thoughts up to the Creator. When separated from her child, the faithful mother's solicitude did not cease. Every day he was the subject of her prayers. Every year she made, with her own hands, a robe of service for him; and as she went up with her husband to worship at Shiloh, she gave the child this reminder of her love. Every fiber of the little garment had been woven with a prayer that he might be pure, noble, and true. She did not ask for her son worldly greatness, but she earnestly pleaded that he might attain that greatness which heaven values,—that he might honor God, and bless his fellow-men. CE 214.…
Direct citation 97% Judges 13:12
"And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?"
Ellen White directly references Judges 13:12 in this passage.
Direct citation 95% 1 Samuel 1:28
"Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there."
The EGW passage directly references and expands upon the story of Hannah dedicating Samuel to the Lord, as described in 1 Samuel 1:28. It provides details about Hannah's actions and motivations, amplifying the biblical narrative.

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