1 Samuel 2:15
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
Cross-reference
Leviticus 3:3-5 commands that the fat of peace offerings be burned to the LORD — exactly what Eli's sons circumvent by demanding raw meat first.
In Leviticus 3:16, all fat is declared the Lord's—the law these priests violate by taking meat before the fat is burned.
Leviticus 3:5 commands burning the offering on the altar—the procedure the priests in 1 Samuel 2:15 bypassed by taking meat first.
Ezekiel 22:26 indicts priests who profane holy things, directly paralleling Eli's sons profaning the offerings by their greed.
Malachi 1:7 rebukes priests for offering defiled food and treating the Lord's table as contemptible, echoing the same sin as Eli's sons.
Nehemiah 5:15 contrasts corrupt leaders who exploit for food, similar to the priests' exploitation of worshippers' offerings.
Romans 16:18 warns against those serving their own appetites, a parallel to Eli's sons who prioritized their hunger over God's commands.
Philippians 3:19 describes those whose god is their stomach, mirroring the priests' greedy demand for raw meat.
1 Timothy 3:3 lists qualifications for overseers — not violent, not greedy — contrasting with the violent, greedy behavior of Eli's sons.
Jude 1:12 condemns shepherds who feed only themselves, just as Eli's sons took the best portions for their own eating.