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Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich: He brings low, he also lifts up.
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He raises up the poor out of the dust, He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, Inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's, He has set the world on them.
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He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
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Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in the sky: Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth; He will give strength to his king, Exalt the horn of his anointed.
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Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.
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Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.
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The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
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and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
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Yes, before they burnt 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 of you, but raw.
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If the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
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The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.