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the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记上 2:16

如果那人對僕人說:“必須先把脂油焚燒了,然後你才可以隨意去拿。”他就說:“不可以,你現在就要給我,否則我就搶去。”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Covetousness;   Fat;   Gluttony;   Hophni;   Judge;   Minister, Christian;   Priest;   Rulers;   Worldliness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fat;   Samuel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gluttony;   Offence;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Eli;   Phinehas;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Person, Personhood;   Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Soul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kettle;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hophni and Phinehas;   Mary;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hannah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hannah;   Hophni;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Eli;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hoph'ni;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elkanah;   Hophni and Phinehas;   Kidneys;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Phinehas;   Priest;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
献 祭 的 人 若 说 : 必 须 先 烧 脂 油 , 然 後 你 可 以 随 意 取 肉 。 仆 人 就 说 : 你 立 时 给 我 , 不 然 我 便 抢 去 。

Contextual Overview

11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy continued to serve the Lord under Eli the priest. 12 Now Eli's sons were evil men; they did not care about the Lord . 13 This is what the priests would normally do to the people: Every time someone brought a sacrifice, the meat would be cooked in a pot. The priest's servant would then come carrying a fork that had three prongs. 14 He would plunge the fork into the pot or the kettle. Whatever the fork brought out of the pot belonged to the priest. But this is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh to offer sacrifices. 15 Even before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come to the person offering sacrifices and say, "Give the priest some meat to roast. He won't accept boiled meat from you, only raw meat." 16 If the one who offered the sacrifice said, "Let the fat be burned up first as usual, and then take anything you want," the priest's servant would answer, "No, give me the meat now. If you don't, I'll take it by force." 17 The Lord saw that the sin of the servants was very great because they did not show respect for the offerings made to the Lord . 18 But Samuel obeyed the Lord . As a boy he wore a linen holy vest. 19 Every year Samuel's mother made a little coat for him and took it to him when she went with her husband to Shiloh for the sacrifice. 20 When Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, he would say, "May the Lord repay you with children through Hannah to take the place of the boy Hannah prayed for and gave back to the Lord ." Then Elkanah and Hannah would go home.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

presently: Heb. as on the day, Leviticus 3:16, Leviticus 7:23-25

I will take: Judges 18:25, Nehemiah 5:15, Micah 2:1, Micah 2:2, Micah 3:5, 1 Peter 5:2, 1 Peter 5:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:9 - pressed Exodus 29:13 - burn them Leviticus 3:5 - Aaron's Ezekiel 13:19 - for handfuls Zephaniah 1:9 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
So the sky, the earth, and all that filled them were finished.
Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.
1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel answered, "What pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices or obedience to his voice? It is better to obey than to sacrifice. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat of sheep.
1 Timothy 4:4
Everything God made is good, and nothing should be refused if it is accepted with thanks,
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich with things of this world not to be proud. Tell them to hope in God, not in their uncertain riches. God richly gives us everything to enjoy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if any man said unto him, let them not fail to burn the fat presently,.... Or stay till they have offered the fat, as the Targum; let that be done in the first place, which may be quickly done, in a very little time, and let as much haste be made as can be to do it:

and then take as much as thy soul desireth; by which it appears that the men that brought the sacrifice had more religion at heart, and were more concerned for the honour and glory of God than the priest; being willing to suffer in their property, but could not bear that the Lord should be dishonoured, and so rudely treated: they were willing the priests should take what they pleased of theirs, though they had no right to any; only they desired the Lord might be served first, which was but reasonable:

then he would answer him, nay, but thou shall give it me now, and if not, I will take it by force; signifying, he would not stay till the fat was burnt, and the Lord had his portion, but he would have it directly; and if he would not give it him freely, he would take it whether he would or not; to such a height of insolence and impiety were the priests arrived, as to put it in the power of their servants to make such wicked demands, and treat God, and those that brought their sacrifices to him, in such a contemptuous manner.


 
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