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Leviticus 10:8-11

Listen to Leviticus 10:8-11

Regulations for Priests

8 The Lord spoke to Aaron:
9 "You and your sons are not to drink wine or beer[a] when you enter the tent of meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.
10 You must distinguish between the holy and the common, and the clean and the unclean,
11 and teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has given to them through Moses."

Leviticus 10:8-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 10

This chapter begins with the sin and punishment of two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Le 10:1-5 for whose death Aaron and his sons are commanded not to mourn, nor to depart from the tabernacle, Le 10:6,7 and an order is given, prohibiting the priests from drinking wine when they went into it, Le 10:8-11 the law of eating holy things, both those that were more, and those that were less holy, is enjoined, Le 10:12-15 and the flesh of the sin offering not being eaten, but burnt, Aaron's sons are blamed for it, for which he makes an apology to the satisfaction of Moses, Le 10:16-20.

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Footnotes 1

  • [a] Nm 6:3; Pr 20:1; Ezk 44:21; 1 Tm 3:3,8
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