16 If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burnt first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”

17 The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men despised the LORD’s offering.

18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.