1 Samuel 2:28

Contextual Overview

²⁷ And a man of God came to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when, in Egypt, they belonged to the house of Pharaoh? ²⁷ One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the Lord : "I revealed myself to your ancestors when they were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. ²⁷ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh’s house? ²⁷ A man of God came to Eli and said, "This is what the Lord says: ‘I clearly showed myself to the family of your ancestor Aaron when they were slaves to the king of Egypt. ²⁷ A man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not plainly reveal myself to your ancestor's house when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh? ²⁷ And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear to the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? ²⁷ There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house? ²⁷Then a man of God (prophet) came to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Did I not plainly reveal Myself to the house of your father (ancestor) when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house? ²⁷ And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the Lord , ‘Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh? ²⁷ Sotheli a man of God cam to Hely, and seide to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Whether Y was not schewid apertli to the hows of thi fadir, whanne he was in Egipt, in the hows of Farao?

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And did I: Exodus 28:1, Exodus 28:4, Exodus 28:6-30, Exodus 29:4-37, Exodus 39:1-7, Leviticus 8:7, Leviticus 8:8, Numbers 16:5, Numbers 17:5-8, Numbers 18:1-7, 2 Samuel 12:7

did I give: Leviticus 2:3, Leviticus 2:10, Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 7:7, Leviticus 7:8, Leviticus 7:32, Leviticus 7:34, Leviticus 7:35, Leviticus 10:14, Leviticus 10:15, Numbers 5:9, Numbers 5:10, Numbers 18:8, Numbers 18:19, Deuteronomy 18:1-8

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:25 - offering Exodus 30:7 - dresseth Leviticus 5:13 - shall be Numbers 18:7 - as a service Deuteronomy 33:10 - they shall put incense 1 Samuel 14:3 - wearing 1 Samuel 22:18 - a linen ephod 2 Samuel 6:14 - girded 1 Kings 16:2 - I exalted thee 1 Chronicles 23:13 - to burn incense Hosea 4:6 - I will also Zechariah 3:7 - judge Malachi 1:6 - O priests Luke 1:9 - his 1 Corinthians 9:13 - they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest,.... He did; of all the tribes of Israel the Lord chose the tribe of Levi to place the priesthood in, and of all the families of that tribe he chose the house of Aaron, Eli's ancestor, to minister in the priest's office, see Exodus 28:1

to offer upon mine altar; burnt offerings, sin offerings, and peace offerings; this is the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court of the tabernacle:

to burn incense; on the altar of incense, which was in the holy place, and on which incense was burnt morning and evening:

to wear an ephod before me? in which was the breastplate, with the Urim and Thummim, with which the high priest went into the most holy place, where was the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence, and where he inquired of the Lord by the above things:

and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? he did; the priests who were of the house of Aaron had not only the sin offerings, and part of the peace offerings, but even of the offerings made by fire, the burnt offerings; the skin of them was the priest's, and the meat offerings that went along with them, see Leviticus 6:25 and Leviticus 8:8 which were given them for their maintenance. Now these instances of God's goodness to the family of Aaron are mentioned to aggravate the sins of Eli and his sons.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An ephod - The High Priest’s ephod, in which was Urim and Thummim.

Did I give ... - The bountiful provision made by God for His priests is mentioned as the great aggravation of the covetousness of Eli’s sons (compare 2 Samuel 12:7-9).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:28. And did I choose him — The high priesthood was a place of the greatest honour that could be conferred on man, and a place of considerable emolument; for from their part of the sacrifices they derived a most comfortable livelihood.