Eli’s Sons and the Child Samuel

The narrator terms these sons, "sons of worthlessness, who knew not God." They never con­cerned themselves about the true rights of the priests in regard to the people. What, then, were the legal rights of the priests? (1) Lev. 7:31-35 specifies the portion of the sacrifice which the sons of Aaron were to receive. They were to have the breast and the right shoulder. (2) Lev. 7:23-25, 31 asserts that no man, including the priest, might eat the fat of the beasts slaughtered; that he doing so...