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15 Also, before they offered up[a] the fat as a burnt offering, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but only raw.”[b] 16 And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat completely first,[c] then take for yourself as you[d] desire,” then he would say to him, “No![e] Give it now! If not, I will take it by force!” 17 So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:15 Literally “caused to go up in smoke”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:15 Literally “with the life”
  3. 1 Samuel 2:16 Literally “as the day”
  4. 1 Samuel 2:16 Literally “as your soul”
  5. 1 Samuel 2:16 According to the reading tradition (Qere)