1 Samuel 2:15

15 Mas, antes mesmo de queimarem a gordura, vinha o auxiliar do sacerdote e dizia ao homem que estava oferecendo o sacrifício: “Dê um pedaço desta carne para o sacerdote assar; ele não aceitará de você carne cozida, somente 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 nem cumpriam os deveres de sacerdotes para com o povo; sempre que alguém oferecia um sacrifício, o auxiliar do sacerdote vinha com um garfo de três dentes,

14 e, enquanto a carne estava cozinhando, ele enfiava o garfo na panela, ou travessa, ou caldeirão, ou caçarola, e o sacerdote pegava para si tudo o que vinha no garfo. Assim faziam com todos os israelitas que iam a Siló.

15 Mas, antes mesmo de queimarem a gordura, vinha o auxiliar do sacerdote e dizia ao homem que estava oferecendo o sacrifício: “Dê um pedaço desta carne para o sacerdote assar; ele não aceitará de você carne cozida, somente crua”.

16 Se o homem lhe dissesse: “Deixe primeiro a gordura se queimar e então pegue o que quiser”, o auxiliar respondia: “Não. Entregue a carne agora. Se não, eu a tomarei à força”.

17 O pecado desses jovens era muito grande à vista do SENHOR, pois eles estavam tratando com desprezo a oferta do SENHOR.