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

¹² And the sons of Eli were sons of Belial. They did not know Jehovah. ¹³ And the priests' custom with the people was: If any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand. ¹⁴ And he stuck it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. All that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there. ¹⁵ Yea, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest. For he will not have boiled flesh from you, but raw! ¹⁶ And if any man said to him, Let them not fail to burn the fat at once, and then take as your soul desires, then he would answer him, No! But you shall give 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.