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1 Samuel 2:13

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The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;

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1 Samuel 2:13 in other translations

And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

1 Samuel 2:13 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 2:13 in context

  1. 11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
  2. 12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.
  3. 13The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
  4. 14and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.
  5. 15Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”