It gets worse. The individual bringing the sacrifice would sometimes challenge Hophni and Phineas’s bad behavior. That person would recognize something was amiss and would resist giving the best meat to the priests rather than to the Lord. And what was done in response? The servant of Hophni and Phineas would threaten the person bringing the sacrifice: “No, you must give it now, and if not, I will take it by force” (1 Sam. 2:16). We see that the problem with Hophni and Phinehas was not just sexual abuse but also what we are calling spiritual abuse (the two often go hand in hand). They were
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