New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Samuel 2:27-30

27Then 1a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘2Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

28 3Did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I not 4give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel?

29Why do you 5kick at My sacrifice and at My offering 6which I have commanded in My 7dwelling, and 8honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the 9choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’

30Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘10I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me--for 11those who honor Me I will honor, and those 12who despise Me will be lightly esteemed.

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Notes

1. 1 Samuel 2:27 Deut 33:1; Judg 13:6 ↩
2. 1 Samuel 2:27 Ex 4:14-16; 12:1, 43 ↩
3. 1 Samuel 2:28 Ex 28:1-4; 30:7, 8; Lev 8:7, 8 ↩
4. 1 Samuel 2:28 Lev 7:35, 36 ↩
5. 1 Samuel 2:29 1 Sam 2:13-17 ↩
6. 1 Samuel 2:29 Deut 12:5-9 ↩
7. 1 Samuel 2:29 Ps 26:8 ↩
8. 1 Samuel 2:29 Matt 10:37 ↩
9. 1 Samuel 2:29 Or first ↩
10. 1 Samuel 2:30 Ex 29:9; Num 25:13 ↩
11. 1 Samuel 2:30 Ps 50:23 ↩
12. 1 Samuel 2:30 Mal 2:9 ↩

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