1 Samuel 2:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The servant would stick the fork into the cooking pot, and whatever meat came out on the fork was taken back to the priests. That is how these two priests treated every Israelite who came to offer sacrifices in Shiloh.

Cross References

Isaiah 56:11

You stupid leaders are a pack of hungry and greedy dogs that never get enough. You are shepherds who ill-treat your own sheep for selfish gain.

Leviticus 7:34

I have decided that the people of Israel must always give the choice ribs and the upper joint of the right hind leg to Aaron's descendants

Micah 3:3

break their bones, cook it all in a pot, and gulp it down.

Malachi 1:10

I wish someone would lock the doors of my temple, so you would stop wasting time building fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you priests, and I refuse to accept any more of your offerings.

1 Samuel 2:15

Sometimes, when people were offering sacrifices, the servant would come over, even before the fat had been cut off and sacrificed to the LORD. Then the servant would tell them, “The priest doesn't want his meat boiled! Give him some raw meat that he can roast!”