1 Samuele 2:17

17 Il peccato dunque di que’ giovani era grande oltremodo agli occhi dell’Eterno, perché la gente sprezzava le offerte fatte all’Eterno.

1 Samuele 2:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 2:17

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the
Lord
That is, the sons of Eli; for they were the ringleaders who set these bad examples, which other priests followed, and therefore the sin is ascribed to them; and which was sadly aggravated by taking what was not their own, and by taking it in a forcible manner, and before the Lord had his part in the offering, and all this done in the tabernacle, in the presence of God; which plainly showed that they had not the fear of God before their eyes, nor any sense of his omniscience and omnipresence, any more than of his holiness and justice:

for men abhorred the offering of the Lord;
it was irksome and disagreeable to them to bring their sacrifices, when they saw the law of God was not attended to, and the rules of sacrificing were not observed; such contempt of God, such abuse of sacrifices, such injury done to the sacrificers, and such covetousness and sensuality in the priests, that it even set the people against sacrifices, and made them loath them, and neglect to bring them. And this aggravated the sin of the young men, though the sacrificers were not excused hereby, ( 1 Samuel 2:24 ) .

1 Samuele 2:17 In-Context

15 E anche prima che si fosse fatto fumare il grasso, il servo del sacerdote veniva, e diceva all’uomo che faceva il sacrifizio: "Dammi della carne da fare arrostire, per il sacerdote; giacché egli non accetterà da te carne cotta, ma cruda".

16 E se quell’uomo gli diceva: "Si faccia, prima di tutto, fumare il grasso; poi prenderai quel che vorrai", egli rispondeva: "No, me la devi dare ora; altrimenti la prenderò per forza!"

17 Il peccato dunque di que’ giovani era grande oltremodo agli occhi dell’Eterno, perché la gente sprezzava le offerte fatte all’Eterno.

18 Ma Samuele faceva il servizio nel cospetto dell’Eterno; era giovinetto, e cinto d’un efod di lino.

19 Sua madre gli faceva ogni anno una piccola tonaca, e gliela portava quando saliva con suo marito ad offrire il sacrifizio annuale.