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1 Samuel 2:16-18
The Voice
1 Samuel 2:16-18
The Voice
16 And if the worshiper protested, saying the priest could take whatever he wanted after the fat was burned, the servant would say,
Servant: Give it to me now; if necessary, it will be taken from you by force.
17 Because they despised the Eternal’s ritual offerings, the Eternal One judged that the sons of Eli had sinned greatly.
18 Now Samuel was then a small boy, working in the house of the Eternal One. He wore a linen vest, one of the priestly garments.
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1 Samuel 2:16-18
New International Version
1 Samuel 2:16-18
New International Version
16 If the person said to him, “Let the fat(A) be burned first, and then take whatever you want,” the servant would answer, “No, hand it over now; if you don’t, I’ll take it by force.”
17 This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they[a] were treating the Lord’s offering with contempt.(B)
18 But Samuel was ministering(C) before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.(D)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 2:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text people
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