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The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
The offering of the Lord - Minchah, here in the general sense of “gift or offering” to God (Malachi 3:3). In its restricted sens…
19th Century
Anglican
The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary—The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli—The Doom of the House of Ithamar.
Baptist
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord That is, the sons o…
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…
