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LORD, thine adversaries shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven he shall thunder upon them. The LORD shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give strength unto his king and exalt the horn of his anointed. {Heb. Messiah}
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And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child ministered unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
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But the sons of Eli
were sons of Belial; they did not know the LORD.
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It was the priests’ custom with the people
that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the flesh was being boiled, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
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and he would strike
it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot, and all that the fleshhook brought up, the priest took for himself. Thus would they do in Shiloh to all the Israelites that went there.
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Likewise, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, for he will not take cooked flesh of thee, but raw.
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And
if the man would say unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat today and
then take
as much as thy soul desires, then he would answer him, No, but thou shalt give
it to me now, and if not, I will take
it by force.
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Therefore, the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for men despised the present of the LORD.
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But Samuel ministered before the LORD,
being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
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Moreover his mother made him a little coat and brought
it to him each year when she came up with her husband to offer the accustomed sacrifice.
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And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of the LORD. And they went unto their own home.