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# Connecting Statement:
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The man of God continues to speak to Eli.
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# Why, then, do you scorn my sacrifices ... live?
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This rhetorical question is a rebuke. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "You should not scorn my sacrifices ... where I live." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# the place where I live
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"the place where my people bring offerings to me"
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# making yourselves fat with the best of every offering
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The best part of the offering was to be burned up as an offering to Yahweh, but the priests were eating it.
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# the house of your ancestor
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The word "house" is a metonym for the people who lived in the house. See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 2:27](./27.md). AT: "the family of your ancestor" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# should walk before me
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This is an idiom that means "live in obedience to me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Far be it from me to do this
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"I will certainly not allow your family to serve me forever"
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# those who despise me will be lightly esteemed
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The words "lightly esteemed" is an ironic euphemism for "greatly despised." This can be stated in active form. AT: "I will lightly esteem those who despise me" or "I will greatly despise those who despise me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/honor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/walk]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/forever]] |