16 And if this one protested, "Let the fat be burned first, then take whatever you wish," he would reply, "No, give it to me now, or else I will take it by force." [AJ]

17 Thus the young men sinned grievously in the presence of the Lord, treating the offerings to the Lord with disdain.

18 Meanwhile the boy Samuel, wearing a linen ephod, [3] was serving in the presence of the Lord.