13The 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 fork of three teeth in his hand;


In Context

10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. |Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.|

11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.

13 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 fork of three teeth in his hand;

14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

15 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, |Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.|

1 Samuel 2:13 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Now it was the practice of the priests with the people that whenever anyone offered a sacrifice and while the meat was being boiled, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And the priest’s custom with the people [was, that,] when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Nor the office of the priests to the people: but whosoever had offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest came, while the flesh was in boiling, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And 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;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And the priests' custom with the people was, when any man sacrificed a sacrifice, the priest's servant came, when the flesh was cooked, with a flesh-hook of three prongs in his hand;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And the custom of the priests with the people is: any man sacrificing a sacrifice — then hath the servant of the priest come in when the flesh is boiling, and the hook of three teeth in his hand,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a meat hook of three teeth in his hand;