Verse 13

1 Samuel 2:13

New Living Translation

← Previous Verse Back to Chapter Compare Translations Next Verse →

13 or for their duties as priests. Whenever anyone offered a sacrifice, Eli’s sons would send over a servant with a three-pronged fork. While the meat of the sacrificed animal was still boiling,

Original Language Text

hebrew

וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֥ט הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֖ים אֶת הָ/עָ֑ם כָּל אִ֞ישׁ זֹבֵ֣חַ זֶ֗בַח וּ/בָ֨א נַ֤עַר הַ/כֹּהֵן֙ כְּ/בַשֵּׁ֣ל הַ/בָּשָׂ֔ר וְ/הַ/מַּזְלֵ֛ג שְׁלֹ֥שׁ הַ/שִּׁנַּ֖יִם בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹ

English Translation

And the judgment of the priests upon the people: every man who sacrifices a sacrifice, and the young man, the priest, shall come as the cook of the meat, and the fork with three prongs in his hand.

AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini

✓ Bookmark

Done.

Chapter 2 Context

1 Then Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD! The LORD has made me strong. Now I have an... Focus ↗

2 No one is holy like the LORD! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God (Eloh... Focus ↗

3 “Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don’t speak with such arrogance! For the LORD is a God (Elo... Focus ↗

4 The bow of the mighty is now broken, and those who stumbled are now strong. Focus ↗

5 Those who were well fed are now starving, and those who were starving are now full. The childl... Focus ↗

6 The LORD gives both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up. Focus ↗

7 The LORD makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up. Focus ↗

8 He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among prince... Focus ↗

9 “He will protect his faithful ones, but the wicked will disappear in darkness. No one will suc... Focus ↗

10 Those who fight against the LORD will be shattered. He thunders against them from heaven; the... Focus ↗

11 Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the LORD by assisting Eli the... Focus ↗

12 Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD Focus ↗

13 or for their duties as priests. Whenever anyone offered a sacrifice, Eli’s sons would send over a se...

14 the servant would stick the fork into the pot and demand that whatever it brought up be given to Eli... Focus ↗

15 Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal’s fat had been burned on the altar. He would... Focus ↗

16 The man offering the sacrifice might reply, “Take as much as you want, but the fat must be burned fi... Focus ↗

17 So the sin of these young men was very serious in the LORD’s sight, for they treated the LORD’s offe... Focus ↗

18 But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the LORD. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest... Focus ↗

19 Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband... Focus ↗

20 Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the LORD give you othe... Focus ↗

21 And the LORD blessed Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanw... Focus ↗

22 Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew,... Focus ↗

23 Eli said to them, “I have been hearing reports from all the people about the wicked things you are d... Focus ↗

24 You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the LORD’s people are not good. Focus ↗

25 If someone sins against another person, God (Elohim) can mediate for the guilty party. But if someon... Focus ↗

26 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew taller and grew in favor with the LORD and with the people. Focus ↗

27 One day a man of God (Elohim) came to Eli and gave him this message from the LORD: “I revealed mysel... Focus ↗

28 I chose your ancestor Aaron from among all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifices... Focus ↗

29 So why do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings? Why do you give your sons more honor than you give... Focus ↗

30 “Therefore, the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: I promised that your branch of the tribe of... Focus ↗

31 The time is coming when I will put an end to your family, so it will no longer serve as my priests.... Focus ↗

32 You will watch with envy as I pour out prosperity on the people of Israel. But no members of your fa... Focus ↗

33 The few not cut off from serving at my altar will survive, but only so their eyes can go blind and t... Focus ↗

34 And to prove that what I have said will come true, I will cause your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas,... Focus ↗

35 “Then I will raise up a faithful priest who will serve me and do what I desire. I will establish his... Focus ↗

36 Then all of your surviving family will bow before him, begging for money and food. ‘Please,’ they wi... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 2 (36 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

Compare This Verse Across Bibles

Navigate Verse

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36