Midrash for I Samuel 2:17
וַתְּהִ֨י חַטַּ֧את הַנְּעָרִ֛ים גְּדוֹלָ֥ה מְאֹ֖ד אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י נִֽאֲצוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֵ֖ת מִנְחַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃
And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men dealt contemptuously with the offering of the LORD.
Sifra
5) If the devoted portions became tamei or were lost, I might think that the shok would not revert to Aaron and to his sons; it is, therefore, written "it shall be" (in any event). And thus is it written in respect to the sons of Eli (I Samuel 2:15): "Even before they would smoke the fats, the Cohein's youth would come and say to the slaughterer: Give flesh for roasting to the Cohein. He will not take from you cooked meat but only raw." What is written of them? (I Samuel 2:17) "And the sin of the youths was very great before the L–rd, for the men cheapened the offering of the L–rd."
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