Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 2:25

A church father on this verse
“The law prohibits priests in the case of certain sins from offering a sacrifice to gain people forgiveness for the transgressions for which sacrifices are made. For though the priest has authority to make an offering for certain inadvertent sins or transgressions, nevertheless he does not offer a burnt offering and a…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — ON PRAYER 28.9

Source: Septuagint

Original

25If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them.

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23And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord?

24Nay my sons, for the report which I hear is not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear are not good, so that the people do not serve God.

— 1 Samuel 2:25 —

26And the child Samuel advanced, and was in favor with God and with men.

27And a man of God came to Eli, and said, Thus says the Lord, I plainly revealed myself to the house of thy father, when they were servants in Egypt to the house of Pharaoh.

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