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1Samuel:2:12 @
Now the sons of Eli were base men ;
they didn '
t know Yahweh .
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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 fork of three teeth in his hand ;
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and he struck it into the pan ,
or kettle ,
or caldron ,
or pot ;
all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith .
So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there .
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Yes ,
before they burnt 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 ."
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If the man said to him , "
Let the fat be burned first ,
and then take as much as your soul desires ";
then he would say , "
No ,
but you shall give it to me now ;
and if not ,
I will take it by force ."
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The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh ;
for the men despised the offering of Yahweh .
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But Samuel ministered before Yahweh ,
being a child ,
clothed with a linen ephod .
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Moreover his mother made him a little robe ,
and brought it to him from year to year ,
when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice .
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Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife ,
and said , "
Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh ."
They went to their own home .
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Yahweh visited Hannah ,
and she conceived ,
and bore three sons and two daughters .
The child Samuel grew before Yahweh .
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Now Eli was very old ;
and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel ,
and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting .
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He said to them , "
Why do you do such things ?
for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people .
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1Samuel:2:24 @
No ,
my sons ;
for it is no good report that I hear :
you make Yahweh '
s people disobey .
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If one man sin against another ,
God shall judge him ;
but if a man sin against Yahweh ,
who shall entreat for him ?"
Notwithstanding ,
they didn '
t listen to the voice of their father ,
because Yahweh intended to kill them .
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The child Samuel grew on ,
and increased in favor both with Yahweh ,
and also with men .