12 ¶ Now the sons of Eli were wicked men, and [a]knew not the Lord.

13 For the Priests’ custom toward the people was this: when any man offered sacrifice, the Priest’s [b]boy came, while the flesh was seething, and a fleshhook with three teeth in his hand,

14 And thrust it into the kettle, or into the caldron, or into the pan, or into the pot: [c]all that the fleshhook brought up, the Priest took for himself: thus they did unto all the Israelites, that came thither to Shiloh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:12 That is, they neglected his ordinance.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:13 Or, son.
  3. 1 Samuel 2:14 Transgressing the order appointed in the Law, Lev. 7:31, for their belly’s sake.

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