a. Now Eli was very old: This passage is not focused on Eli’s sons as much as it is on Eli himself. He was old and in no condition to lead Israel as high priest. He heard everything his sons did but Eli only rebuked them about it.
b. They lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting: This means the sons of Eli were committing sexual immorality with the women who came to worship at the tabernacle. This was an ancient version of the modern sex scandals among pastors or preachers.
i. It is possible that the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle were in some way workers at the house of the LORD. Exodus 38:8 refers to the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. (Guzik)
Very Old
Statically, one out of one person dies! There are times I feel very old and one of them is doing my springtime gathering of firewood. Cutting down dying trees, they usually get hung up in other trees, cutting into 18” long rounds, hauling out of the woods with the tractor and dumping in a pile by the woodshed. Then comes splitting with the gasoline splitter and then stacking in the woodshed. 😥
I definitely feel very old after a day of firewood exercise!
But it gives me time to reflect on my years and my relationship with Jesus!
If we are lucky enough to reach a ripe old age we will watch the world go by at fast pace and wonder where did time go? But Jesus gives us a hope that others don’t have. It’s our job with the help of the Holy Spirit to help them find the Way!
Have you found the Way?
Blessings
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