^{24 Ref} Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.

^{25 Ref} And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.

^{26 Ref} And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

^{27 Ref} My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

^{28 Ref} So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.