Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If the person answered, "Let us do what is right and burn the fat first; then take what you want," the priest's servant would say, "No! Give it to me now! If you don't, I will have to take it by force!" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he that sacrificed said to him: Let the fat first be burnt to day, according to the custom, and then take to thee as much as thy soul desireth. But he answered, and said to him: Not so: but thou shalt give it me now, or else I will take it by force. presently [heb] as on the day Leviticus 3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord's. Leviticus 7:23-25 Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat. . . . I will take Judges 18:25 And the children of Dan said to him: See thou say no more to us, lest men enraged come upon thee, and thou perish with all thy house. Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me, were chargeable to the people, and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sicles: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I did not so for the fear of God. Micah 2:1,2 Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee. . . . Micah 3:5 Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices. 1 Peter 5:2,3 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily: . . . Context Eli's Wicked Sons…15Also before they burnt the fat, the servant of the priest came, and said to the man that sacrificed: Give me flesh to boil for the priest: for I will not take of thee sodden flesh, but raw. 16And he that sacrificed said to him: Let the fat first be burnt to day, according to the custom, and then take to thee as much as thy soul desireth. But he answered, and said to him: Not so: but thou shalt give it me now, or else I will take it by force.17Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord.… Cross References 1 Samuel 2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the servant of the priest came, and said to the man that sacrificed: Give me flesh to boil for the priest: for I will not take of thee sodden flesh, but raw. 1 Samuel 2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord. Jump to Previous Burn Burned Desire Desires Desireth Entire Hand Presently Servant Smoke Soul Surely Want Whatever WishJump to Next Burn Burned Desire Desires Desireth Entire Hand Presently Servant Smoke Soul Surely Want Whatever WishLinks 1 Samuel 2:16 NIV1 Samuel 2:16 NLT 1 Samuel 2:16 ESV 1 Samuel 2:16 NASB 1 Samuel 2:16 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 2:16 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 2:16 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 2:16 French Bible 1 Samuel 2:16 German Bible Alphabetical: and answer as be burn burned but by desire don't fat first force give hand he him I If I'll it Let man me much must No not now over said say servant shall surely take the then They to up want whatever will would you OT History: 1 Samuel 2:16 If the man said to him They (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |