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A Sin Against the Remedy
Commentators emphasize that the priests' sin was not just a procedural error but a profound act of contempt. By mishandling the sacrifices, which symbolized the future atonement of Christ, they were, as Matthew Henry puts it, sinning against the very remedy for sin itself.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 2:17
18th Century
Theologian
The offering of the Lord - Minchah, here in the general sense of “gift or offering” to God (Malachi 3:3). In its restricted sens…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 2:11–36
19th Century
Bishop
The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary—The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli—The Doom of the House of Ithamar.
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Samuel 2:17
19th Century
Preacher
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
It is horrible when t…
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John Gill
On 1 Samuel 2:17
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the
Lord
That is, the sons o…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 2:11–26
17th Century
Minister
Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did t…