THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
It is stated in Scripture that they consumed holy foods prior to their consecration and before presenting offerings to God.
1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 2:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he that sacrificed said to him: Let the fat first be burnt to day, according to the custom, and then take to thee as much as thy soul desireth. But he answered, and said to him: Not so: but thou shalt give it me now, or else I will take it by force.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו הָאִ֗ישׁ קַטֵּ֨ר יַקְטִיר֤וּן כַּיּוֹם֙ הַחֵ֔לֶב וְקַ֨ח־לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּאַוֶּ֖ה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְאָמַ֥ר ׀ לו לֹא֙ כִּ֚י עַתָּ֣ה תִתֵּ֔ן וְאִם־לֹ֖א לָקַ֥חְתִּי בְחָזְקָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Lev 7:23Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat.
- Lev 7:25If any man eat the fat that should be offered for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish out of his people.
- Lev 3:16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord's.
- 1 Pet 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake but voluntarily:
- 1 Pet 5:3Neither as lording it over the clergy but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart.
- Mic 2:1Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.
- Mic 2:2And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
- Judg 18:25And the children of Dan said to him: See thou say no more to us, lest men enraged come upon thee, and thou perish with all thy house.