"Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

"whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

"After that He gave [them] judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [even as] a child, wearing a linen ephod.

Then the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; [there was] no widespread revelation.

And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel [had been] established as a prophet of the LORD.

Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called upon His name; They called upon the LORD, and He answered them.

Then the LORD said to me, "[Even] if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My mind [would] not [be] favorable toward this people. Cast [them] out of My sight, and let them go forth.