1 Samuel 2:12-17
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12Now the sons of Eli were 1,avile men; they did not know Yahweh. 13aAnd this was the legal judgment for the priests with the people: when any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s young man would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand. 14Then he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot; all that the fork would bring up the priest would take for himself. Thus they would do in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15Also, before athey offered up the fat in smoke, the priest’s young man would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting; he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw.” 16Then the man would say to him, “They must surely offer up the fat in smoke 1first, and then take as much as your soul desires,” then he would say, “No, you shall give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.” 17Thus the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh, for the men aspurned the offering of Yahweh.