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And the sons of Eli were sons of worthlessness; they did not know Jehovah.

And the custom of the priests with the people was : any man offering a sacrifice and the priest's young man came when the flesh was boiling with the three-toothed hook in his hand,

even he stuck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the hook brought up, the priest took for himself. So they did to all Israel who came in there to Shiloh.

Yea, before they made the fat to smoke, then the priest's young man came in. And he said to the man who was sacrificing, Give meat to roast for the priest; and he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.

And if the man said to him, Let the fat be made to smoke as the day, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give now. And if not, I will take it by force.

And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for the men had despised the offering of Jehovah.