1. The time of his pilgrimage. Year after year is lit., “from days to days,” a phrase which elsewhere refers to a statutory annual religious observance. Elkanah made annual religious pilgrimages with his family. Did he ignore the Mosaic requirement to attend three annual festivals (Passover and Pentecost in the Spring, Tabernacles in the Fall) at the central sanctuary? (cf. Exod 34:23; Deut 16:16). Not necessarily. Families were not required to attend any festival. Elkanah, however, took his family