1 Samuel 2:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶ And if the man said to him, “They should really burn the fat first; then you may take as much as your heart desires,” he would then answer him, “No, but you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.”

¹⁷ Therefore the sin of the young men was very great ^(A)before the Lord, for men ^(B)abhorred^[a] the offering of the Lord.

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^18 (C)But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, ^(D)wearing a linen ephod.