Quotes about Sacrifice
Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
— 1 Samuel 1:21
but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
— 1 Samuel 1:22
Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
— 1 Samuel 1:24
And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
— 1 Samuel 1:25
I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
— 1 Samuel 1:28
or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
— 1 Samuel 2:13
Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
— 1 Samuel 2:15
Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
— 1 Samuel 2:19
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
— 1 Samuel 2:29
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
— 1 Samuel 2:33
Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
— 1 Samuel 3:14
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
— 1 Samuel 5:1