1 Samuel 2:27-36
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27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus the Lord has said: I revealed[a] myself to the family of your ancestor in Egypt when they were slaves[b] to the house of Pharaoh.(A) 28 I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to offer incense, to wear an ephod before me, and I gave to the family of your ancestor all my offerings by fire[c] from the Israelites.(B) 29 Why then look[d] with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings[e] and honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?(C) 30 Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, but now the Lord declares: Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.(D) 31 See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor’s family.[f](E) 32 No one in your family shall ever live to old age.(F) 33 The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his[g] eyes and grieve his[h] heart; all the members of your household shall die by the sword.[i] 34 The fate of your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.(G) 35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed one forever.(H) 36 Everyone who is left in your family shall come and prostrate himself before him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, ‘Please put me in one of the priest’s places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.’ ”(I)
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- 2.27 Gk Tg Syr: Heb Did I reveal
- 2.27 Q ms Gk: MT lacks slaves
- 2.28 Or my gifts
- 2.29 Q ms Gk: MT then kick
- 2.29 Q ms Gk: MT adds that I commanded at this dwelling
- 2.31–32 Q ms Gk: MT adds so that no one in your family will live to old age.
Then in a distressed place you will look upon all the prosperity of Israel. No one - 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT your
- 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT your
- 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT die like mortals
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