Text: 1 Samuel 2:15-17
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 3:16-17
Subject: Priestly violation of sacrificial fat regulations
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Contrast
Significance: Leviticus 3:16-17 establishes the perpetual statute (חֻקַּת עוֹלָם, chuqqat olam): "All fat belongs to the LORD" and "you shall eat neither fat nor blood." The fat and blood of the peace offering constitute YHWH's inviolable share. In 1 Samuel 2:15-17, Eli's sons systematically violate this statute by demanding raw meat before the fat is burned, treating the LORD's portion with contempt (וַיִּנְאֲצוּ, vayin'atsu). The narrator explicitly states their sin was "very great before the LORD" precisely because it transgressed the Levitical regulation that the fat must be burned to YHWH first, making their priestly corruption a direct assault on the sacrificial order God established.
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Text: Leviticus 3:16-17
OT Text Referred to: 1 Samuel 2:15-17
Subject: Eli's sons seizing God's fat portion
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Contrast
Significance: Leviticus 3:16-17 establishes the permanent statute that "all fat belongs to the LORD" and prohibits Israel from eating fat or blood. 1 Samuel 2:15-17 narrates the systematic violation of this regulation by Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas: they demanded raw meat before the fat (חֵלֶב) was burned on the altar, and when the worshiper insisted on burning the fat first (following the Levitical procedure), the priestly servant threatened to take it by force. The narrator's verdict is severe: "the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for they treated the offering of the LORD with contempt" (2:17). The Levitical regulation provides the legal standard against which the priestly corruption at Shiloh is measured and condemned.