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1 Samuel 2:13
New English Translation
1 Samuel 2:13
New English Translation
13 This was the priests’ routine with the people. Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice,[a] the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork[b] in his hand, just as the meat was boiling.
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- 1 Samuel 2:13 tc The LXX reads “As to the right of the priests from the people, [from] anyone sacrificing.”
- 1 Samuel 2:13 sn The Hebrew word occurs only twice in the OT, here and again in v. 14. Its exact meaning is not entirely clear, although from the context it appears to be a sacrificial tool used for retrieving things from boiling water.
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