1 Samuel 2:29

29 Entonces, ¿por qué menosprecian mis sacrificios y ofrendas? ¿Por qué les das más honor a tus hijos que a mí? ¡Pues tú y ellos han engordado con lo mejor de las ofrendas de mi pueblo Israel!

1 Samuel 2:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 2:29

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, and at mine offering, which
I have commanded in my habitation
To be offered in the tabernacle, where the Lord had his dwelling; which they might be said to kick and spurn at, despising them, as if there were not enough of them, nor the best of them given to them for their maintenance; a metaphor taken from cattle well fed and fat, which kick and spurn with their feet at even the owners and feeders of them. The Targum is,

``why do ye use force with the holy offerings?''

that is, take them away by force, when there was such a sufficient quantity allowed them for their support. Some understand this of their driving away such, that before used to bring their sacrifices to be offered, but being so ill treated, refrained from bringing them:

and honourest thy sons above me;
by suffering them to take their part of the sacrifices, and even what did not belong to them, before God had his part, or before the fat was burnt; and by continuing them in their office, to the dishonour of God, his name and worship, when they ought to have been turned out by him and punished; but by this he preferred the honour of his sons before the honour of God, and chose rather that he should be dishonoured, than that they should be censured:

to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel
my people?
they took the best pieces of the peace offerings from them by force, having no right unto them; and this they did to indulge their luxury and sensuality, which Eli connived at; and it is highly probable took part of the roasted meat his sons provided for themselves, out of the choicest pieces of the offerings of the people; since he himself is included in this clause, "to make yourselves fat", as his sons might be, and it is certain he himself was, ( 1 Samuel 4:18 ) .

1 Samuel 2:29 In-Context

27 Advertencia para la familia de Elí
Cierto día un hombre de Dios vino a Elí y le dio el siguiente mensaje del Señor
: «Cuando el pueblo de Israel era esclavo en Egipto, yo me revelé
a tus antepasados.

28 Elegí a tu antepasado
Aarón de entre todas las tribus de Israel para que fuera mi sacerdote, ofreciera sacrificios sobre mi altar, quemara incienso y vistiera el chaleco sacerdotal,
cuando me servía. Y les asigné las ofrendas de los sacrificios a ustedes, los sacerdotes.

29 Entonces, ¿por qué menosprecian mis sacrificios y ofrendas? ¿Por qué les das más honor a tus hijos que a mí? ¡Pues tú y ellos han engordado con lo mejor de las ofrendas de mi pueblo Israel!

30 »Por lo tanto, el Señor
, Dios de Israel, dice: prometí que los de tu rama de la tribu de Leví
me servirían siempre como sacerdotes. Sin embargo, honraré a los que me honran y despreciaré a los que me menosprecian.

31 Llegará el tiempo cuando pondré fin a tu familia para que ya no me sirva en el sacerdocio. Todos los miembros de tu familia morirán antes de tiempo; ninguno llegará a viejo.