1Sa 2:22 Cross References
1 Samuel 2:22
22: Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Exodus 38:8
- The bronze washbasin and its bronze pedestal were cast from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
1 Samuel 2:13
- or for their duties as priests. Whenever anyone offered a sacrifice, Eli's sons would send over a servant with a three-pronged fork. While the meat of the sacrificed animal was still boiling,
- the servant would stick the fork into the pot and demand that whatever it brought up be given to Eli's sons. All the Israelites who came to worship at Shiloh were treated this way.
- Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal's fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.
- The man offering the sacrifice might reply, "Take as much as you want, but the fat must first be burned." Then the servant would demand, "No, give it to me now, or I'll take it by force."
- So the sin of these young men was very serious in the LORD's sight, for they treated the LORD's offerings with contempt.
Ezekiel 22:26
- Your priests have violated my laws and defiled my holy things. To them there is no difference between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that my holy name is greatly dishonored among them.
Hosea 4:9
- `Like priests, like people'--since the priests are wicked, the people are wicked, too. So now I will punish both priests and people for all their wicked deeds.
- They will eat and still be hungry. Though they do a big business as prostitutes, they will have no children, for they have deserted the LORD to worship other gods.
- "Alcohol and prostitution have robbed my people of their brains.
Jeremiah 7:9
- Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and worship Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
- and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, "We are safe!"--only to go right back to all those evils again?
1 Samuel 8:1
- As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.