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The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;

1 Samuel 2:13 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 શમુએલ ૨:૧૩
લોકો સાથે યાજકોનો રિવાજ એવો હતો કે જયારે કોઈ માણસ યજ્ઞાર્પણ કરતો અને જયારે માંસ બફાતું હોય ત્યારે યાજકનો ચાકર પોતાના હાથમાં ત્રણ અણીવાળું સાધન લઈને આવતો.
हिन्दी1 शमूएल २:१३
याजकों की रीति लोगों के साथ यह थी, कि जब कोई मनुष्य मेलबलि चढ़ाता था तब याजक का सेवक माँस पकाने के समय एक नोकवाला काँटा हाथ में लिये हुए आकर,

In context

11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know the LORD.

13The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;

14and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.

15Yes, before they burned 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.”

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