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Leviticus 10:12-20

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12 Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, 1Eleazar and Ithamar, "2Take the grain offering that is left over from the LORD'S offerings by fire and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.
13 "You shall eat it, moreover, in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons' due out of the LORD'S offerings by fire; for thus I have been commanded.
14 "3The breast of the wave offering, however, and the thigh of the offering you may eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as your due and your sons' due out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
15 "4The thigh offered by lifting up and the breast offered by waving they shall bring along with the offerings by fire of the portions of fat, to present as a wave offering before the LORD; so it shall be a thing perpetually due you and your sons with you, just as the LORD has commanded."
16 But Moses searched carefully for the 5goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron's surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,
17 "Why 6did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away 7the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD.
18 "Behold, 8since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you should certainly have 9eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded."
19 But Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this very day they 10presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the LORD?"
20 When Moses heard that, it seemed good in his sight.
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Leviticus 10:12-20 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 10

  • 1. Exodus 6:23; Numbers 3:2
  • 2. Leviticus 6:14-18
  • 3. Leviticus 7:30-34; Numbers 18:11
  • 4. Leviticus 7:34
  • 5. Leviticus 9:3, 15
  • 6. Leviticus 6:24-30
  • 7. Exodus 28:38; Leviticus 22:16; Numbers 18:1
  • 8. Leviticus 6:30
  • 9. Leviticus 6:26
  • 10. Leviticus 9:8, 12

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Or "was given"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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