Heb. 7:26 ¶ For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Heb. 7:27 Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself.
We have so far broken the people we encounter in 1 Samuel into two categories – those who “hear” God, and those who “eavesdrop” on them in the “shadows.” How does Eli, the high priest, and the system which he serves, contribute to the growing chasm between these two groups of people, trying to experience the presence of God?