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1 Samuel 2:17

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Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:15

    Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

  2. 1 Samuel 2:16

    And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

  3. 1 Samuel 2:18

    But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

  4. 1 Samuel 2:19

    Moreover his mother made him a little coat, 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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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.