1Samuel:2:12-26
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Now the sons of Eli were worthless men ;
they had no regard for the LORD .
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The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice ,
the priest '
s servant would come ,
while the meat was boiling ,
with a three-pronged fork in his hand ,
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and he would thrust it into the pan ,
or kettle ,
or caldron ,
or pot ;
all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself .
So they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there .
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Moreover ,
before the fat was burned ,
the priest '
s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing , "
Give meat for the priest to roast ;
for he will not accept boiled meat from you ,
but raw ."
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And if the man said to him , "
Let them burn the fat first ,
and then take as much as you wish ,"
he would say , "
No ,
you must give it now ;
and if not ,
I will take it by force ."
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Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the LORD ;
for the men treated the offering of the LORD with contempt .
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Samuel was ministering before the LORD ,
a boy girded with a linen ephod .
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And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year ,
when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice .
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Then Eli would bless Elka '
nah and his wife ,
and say , "
The LORD give you children by this woman for the loan which she lent to the LORD ";
so then they would return to their home .
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And the LORD visited Hannah ,
and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters .
And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD .
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Now Eli was very old ,
and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel ,
and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting .
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And he said to them , "
Why do you do such things ?
For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people .
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No ,
my sons ;
it is no good report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading abroad .
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If a man sins against a man ,
God will mediate for him ;
but if a man sins against the LORD ,
who can intercede for him ?"
But they would not listen to the voice of their father ;
for it was the will of the LORD to slay them .
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Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the LORD and with men .
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