1 Samuel 2:29

29 Warum tretet ihr denn mit Füßen meine Schlachtopfer und Speisopfer, die ich geboten habe in der Wohnung? Und du ehrst deine Söhne mehr denn mich, daß ihr euch mästet von dem Besten aller Speisopfer meines Volkes 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 Es kam aber ein Mann Gottes zu Eli und sprach zu ihm: So spricht der HERR: Ich habe mich offenbart deines Vaters Hause, da sie noch in Ägypten waren, in Pharaos Hause, {~}

28 und habe ihn daselbst mir erwählt vor allen Stämmen Israels zum Priestertum, daß er opfern sollte auf meinem Altar und Räuchwerk anzünden und den Leibrock vor mir tragen, und habe deines Vaters Hause gegeben alle Feuer der Kinder Israel.

29 Warum tretet ihr denn mit Füßen meine Schlachtopfer und Speisopfer, die ich geboten habe in der Wohnung? Und du ehrst deine Söhne mehr denn mich, daß ihr euch mästet von dem Besten aller Speisopfer meines Volkes Israel.

30 Darum spricht der HERR, der Gott Israels: Ich habe geredet, dein Haus und deines Vaters Haus sollten wandeln vor mir ewiglich. Aber nun spricht der HERR: Es sei fern von mir! sondern wer mich ehrt, den will ich auch ehren; wer aber mich verachtet, der soll wieder verachtet werden. {~}

31 Siehe, es wird die Zeit kommen, daß ich will entzweibrechen deinen Arm und den Arm deines Vaterhauses, daß kein Alter sei in deinem Hause, {~}