1 Samuel 2:16-18
1599 Geneva Bible
16 And if any man said unto him, Let them burn the fat according to the [a]custom, then take as much as thine heart [b]desireth: then he would answer, No, but thou shalt give it now: and if thou wilt not, I will take it by force.
17 Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men [c]abhorred the offering of the Lord.
18 ¶ Now Samuel being a young child ministered before the Lord, girded with a linen (A)Ephod.
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- 1 Samuel 2:16 Or, Law.
- 1 Samuel 2:16 Not passing for their own profit, so that God might be served aright.
- 1 Samuel 2:17 Seeing the horrible abuse thereof.
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