A common misinterpretation views this as a legitimate priestly entitlement or preference for raw over boiled meat, overlooking the sinful context of theft and defiance against God's sacrificial laws; others might extrapolate it to critique all clergy as inherently greedy without recognizing its specific historical condemnation of corruption, or wrongly apply it to modern tithing disputes, ignoring the covenantal sacrificial system unique to ancient Israel.
I Samuel 2:15
King James Version (1769)
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.
This verse reveals the corrupt practices of Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, who as priests dishonored God by sending servants to demand raw meat from worshippers' sacrifices before the fat was burned as an offering to the Lord, violating the prescribed order of Leviticus where God's portion came first, thus exemplifying greed, abuse of authority, and contempt for divine worship that foreshadowed their judgment.