1 Samuel 2:15

15 Também, antes de queimarem a gordura, vinha o servo do sacerdote e dizia ao homem que sacrificava: Dá carne de assar para o sacerdote; porque não receberá de ti carne cozida, mas crua.

1 Samuel 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 2:15

Also before they burnt the fat
Which belonged to the Lord, and was to be offered to him by fire, in the first place, as it ought to be; and the order of sacrificing required that he should have his part first before the priest or the owner: but so impious were the priests become, that

the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed;
not to the priest that offered, but to the man that brought his sacrifice to be offered by the priest:

give flesh to roast for the priest;
meaning, not what was his by law, as the breast and shoulder, though for these he ought to have stayed until the fat was offered to the Lord; but other parts of the peace offering, which he had no right unto, for roasting or boiling, and yet in an imperious manner demanded it by his servant:

for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw
though this was not the only reason of this demand, because they liked roast meat better than boiled; but because the three forked flesh hook did not always bring up the best pieces out of the boiling pot; and therefore he resolved to have flesh raw, that he might have the best, as well as dress it to his own liking.

1 Samuel 2:15 In-Context

13 Porquanto o costume desses sacerdotes para com o povo era que, oferecendo alguém um sacrifício, e estando-se a cozer a carne, vinha o servo do sacerdote, tendo na mão um garfo de três dentes,

14 e o metia na panela, ou no tacho, ou no caldeirão, ou na marmita; e tudo quanto a garfo tirava, o sacerdote tomava para si. Assim faziam a todos os de Israel que chegavam ali em Siló.

15 Também, antes de queimarem a gordura, vinha o servo do sacerdote e dizia ao homem que sacrificava: Dá carne de assar para o sacerdote; porque não receberá de ti carne cozida, mas crua.

16 se lhe respondia o homem: Sem dúvida, logo há de ser queimada a gordura e depois toma quanto desejar a tua alma; então ele lhe dizia: Não hás de dá-la agora; se não, � força a tomarei.

17 Era, pois, muito grande o pecado destes mancebos perante o Senhor, porquanto os homens vieram a desprezar a oferta do Senhor.