1 Samuel 2:14

Translations

Modern

…and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

Traditional

And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

Literal

And he would thrust it into the pan, or the kettle, or the cauldron, or the pot. All that the fork brought up, the priest would take for himself. Thus they did to all Israel who came there to Shiloh.

Latin

…et mittebat eam in lebetem, vel in caldariam, aut in ollam, sive in cacabum: et omne quod levabat fuscinula, tollebat sacerdos sibi: sic faciebant universo Israëli venientium in Silo.

Original

Hebrew

English

…and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

Notes

1 Samuel 2:13–17

The priests were meant to take their share of the meat only after it was boiled (see Numbers 6:19). Eli’s sons ignored God's rules (1 Samuel 2:13–14, 17).

Theme notes and profiles

Eli The Priestly Blessing

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Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.
1 Samuel 2:29
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Leviticus 7:34
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People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Shiloh: Israelite sanctuary and assembly point during the judges' period

Glossary

Hannah Hophni Hosea, Book of Phinehas Priests and Levites Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Shiloh

Topics

Altar in the Tabernacle: Furniture of Caldron in the Tabernacle Christian Minister: Eli's Sons Covetousness: Eli's Sons Covetousness: Eli's Sons, in Taking the Flesh of the Sacrifice Fleshhook used in the Tabernacle Gluttony: Sons of Eli Hophni: Sin of Judge: Corrupt: Eli's Sons Offense: Sons of Eli Priest: Benefits of Portions of Sacrifices and offerings Priest: Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Eli's Sons Priests were Sometimes: Greedy Rulers: Wicked: Eli's Sons, Desecrating the Sacrifices Shiloh: City of Ephraim, North of Beth-El: Tabernacle Located At Tabernacle: Pitched: At Shiloh Worldliness: Eli's Sons

1 Samuel 2:14

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