1 Samuel 2:12-17
1599 Geneva Bible
12 ¶ Now the sons of Eli were wicked men, and [a]knew not the Lord.
13 For the Priests’ custom toward the people was this: when any man offered sacrifice, the Priest’s [b]boy came, while the flesh was seething, and a fleshhook with three teeth in his hand,
14 And thrust it into the kettle, or into the caldron, or into the pan, or into the pot: [c]all that the fleshhook brought up, the Priest took for himself: thus they did unto all the Israelites, that came thither to Shiloh.
15 Yea, before they burnt the [d]fat, the Priest’s boy came and said unto the man that offered, Give me flesh to roast for the Priest: for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
16 And if any man said unto him, Let them burn the fat according to the [e]custom, then take as much as thine heart [f]desireth: then he would answer, No, but thou shalt give it now: and if thou wilt not, I will take it by force.
17 Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men [g]abhorred the offering of the Lord.
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- 1 Samuel 2:12 That is, they neglected his ordinance.
- 1 Samuel 2:13 Or, son.
- 1 Samuel 2:14 Transgressing the order appointed in the Law, Lev. 7:31, for their belly’s sake.
- 1 Samuel 2:15 Which was commanded first to have been offered to God.
- 1 Samuel 2:16 Or, Law.
- 1 Samuel 2:16 Not passing for their own profit, so that God might be served aright.
- 1 Samuel 2:17 Seeing the horrible abuse thereof.
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