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1 Samuel 2:12-17

12NowthesonsH1121ofEliעֵלִ֖י'e.LiH5941werebasemen;theyknewH3045notJehovah.

13Andthecustomוּמִשְׁפַּ֥טu.mish.PatH4941ofthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548withthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971was,that,whenanymanH376offeredH2076sacrificeזֶ֗בַחZe.vachH2077,thepriest’sהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548servantנַ֤עַרNa.'arH5288cameH935,whilethefleshH1320wasboilingכְּבַשֵּׁ֣לke.va.ShelH1310,withaflesh-hookofthreeשְׁלֹ֥שׁ־she.Losh-H7969teethH8127inhishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027;

14andhestruckH5221itintothepan,orkettle,orcaldronבַקַּלַּ֙חַת֙va.ka.La.chatH7037,orpotבַפָּר֔וּרva.pa.RurH6517;allthattheflesh-hookbroughtH935upthepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548tookH3947therewith.SotheydidinShilohבְּשִׁלֹֽה׃be.shi.LohH7887untoalltheIsraelitesthatcameH935thither.

15Yea,beforetheyburntthefatהַחֵלֶב֒ha.che.LevH2459,thepriest’sהַכֹּהֵ֗ןha.ko.HenH3548servantנַ֣עַרNa.'arH5288cameH935,andsaidH559tothemanלָאִ֣ישׁla.'IshH376thatsacrificedH2076,Giveתְּנָ֣הte.NahH5414fleshH1320toroastforthepriestלַכֹּהֵ֑ןla.ko.HenH3548;forhewillnothaveboiledמְבֻשָּׁ֖לme.vu.ShalH1310fleshH1320ofthee,butraw.

16Andifthemanהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376saidH559untohim,Theywillsurelyburnthefatהַחֵ֔לֶבha.Che.levH2459first,andthentakeוְקַ֨ח־ve.Kach-H3947asmuchasthysoulH5315desireth;thenhewouldsayH559, Nay,butthou shaltgiveתִתֵּ֔ןti.TenH5414itmenowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258:andifnot,Iwilltakeלָקַ֥חְתִּיla.Kach.tiH3947itbyforceבְחָזְקָֽה׃ve.cha.ze.KahH2394.

17Andthesinחַטַּ֧אתcha.TatH2403oftheyoungהַנְּעָרִ֛יםha.ne.'a.RimH5288menH376wasH1961veryמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966greatגְּדוֹלָ֥הge.do.LahH1419beforeJehovah;forthemenH376despisedtheofferingמִנְחַ֥תmin.ChatH4503ofJehovah.

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