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15 Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat [a]first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then [b]he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:16 Hebrew to-day.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:16 Another reading is, he would say unto him, Thou etc.