1 Samuel 2:12-17 - The Family Of Eli The Priest

¹² Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Jehovah. ¹³ And the priests' custom with the people was, when any man sacrificed a sacrifice, the priest's servant came, when the flesh was cooked, with a flesh-hook of three prongs in his hand; ¹⁴ and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; the priest took of it all that the flesh-hook brought up. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there. ¹⁵ Even before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he will not accept sodden flesh of thee, but raw. ¹⁶ If the man said to him, They will immediately burn the fat entire, then take as thy soul desires; he would say to him, No, but thou shalt give it now; and if not, I will take it by force. ¹⁷ And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.