1. 1 Samuel 1:24 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why did Hannah take a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine with to the tabernacle at Shiloh?

1 Samuel 1:24 (ESV)

24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. And the child was young.

These gifts were taken with to the tabernacle in order to express the gratitude of Hannah and Elkanah for God’s provision of a son. It is possible that they were also meant to help provide for Samuel (at least initially).