Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith,.... This being the case, so much contempt cast upon his sacrifices, and dishonour on himself:
I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father,…
Barnes' Notes
Wherefore kick ye - See the marginal reference. The well-fed beast becomes unmanageable and refractory, and refuses the yoke, and bursts the bonds Jer 5:5. So the priests, instead of being grateful…
Adam Clarke
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice - They disdained to take the part allowed by law; and would take for themselves what part they pleased, and as much as they pleased, Sa1 2:13-16 : thus they kicked at…
Eli reproved his sons too gently, and did not threaten them as he should, and therefore God sent a prophet to him to reprove him sharply, and to threaten him, because, by his indulgence of them, he…
Cambridge Bible
Wherefore kick ye Better, Wherefore do ye trample upon, i.e. treat with contempt.
at my sacrifice and at mine offering When the words are distinguished, that rendered sacrifice(literally slaying)…
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