1 Samuel 2

12 Eli’s sons were worthless men who didn’t have any time for the Lord 13 or their role as priests to the people. They would send one of their servants over with a fork when anyone came to offer a sacrifice. 14 The servant would stick the fork into the pot while the meat from the sacrifice was being boiled, and would take whatever meat came up on the fork to Eli’s sons. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. 15 In fact even before the fat of the sacrifice was burned up the servant would come and would demand from the man sacrificing, "Give me meat to roast for the priest. He doesn’t want boiled meat from you—he wants it raw."

16 The man might answer, "Let me first burn up all the fat, and then you can have as much as you want."

But the priest’s servant would reply, "No, you must give it to me now. If you don’t, I’ll take it by force." 17 The sins of these young men were extremely serious from the Lord’s perspective because they were treating with contempt the Lord’s offerings.