1 Samuel 2:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ Also, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who slaughtered, “Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he does not accept cooked meat from you, but raw.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came and said to the man who sacrificed, Give the priest meat to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Yea, 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 boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ But with Eli’s sons, even before the fat was burned, the priest’s assistant would come and say to the person offering the sacrifice, “Give the priest some meat to roast. He won’t accept boiled meat from you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ In addition, before they burned the fat, the servant of the priest would arrive, and he would say to the one who was immolating: "Give me the flesh, so that I may boil it for the priest. For I will not accept cooked meat from you, but raw."

1 Samuel 2:15 Cross References

Exodus 12:9

‘Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire, its head with its legs and its inward parts.

Leviticus 3:16

‘And the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire for a sweet fragrance. All the fat belongs to יהוה.

Romans 16:18

For such ones do not serve our Master יהושע  Messiah, but their own stomach, and by smooth words and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their mighty one is their stomach, and their esteem is in their shame – they mind the earthly.

Jude 1:12

These are rocky reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you, feeding themselves without fear, waterless clouds borne about by the winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

1 Samuel 2:14

and shall thrust it into the basin, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. And the priest would take for himself all that the flesh-hook brought up. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 2:16

And if the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned up first, then take as much as your being desires,” he would then answer him, “No, but give it to me now. And if not, I shall take it by strength.”