Leviticus 10:4-7

4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”

5 So they came and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses ordered.

6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become unkempt^[a] and do not tear your clothes, or you will die and the LORD will be angry with the whole community. But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn for those the LORD has destroyed by fire.

7 Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting or you will die, because the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

Leviticus 10:4-7 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 6:22
• 2. Exodus 6:18
• 3. Ac 5:6,9,10
• 4. S Exodus 25:8
• 5. S Leviticus 8:13
• 6. S Exodus 6:23
• 7. Leviticus 13:45; Leviticus 21:10; Numbers 5:18
• 8. Jeremiah 41:5; S Mark 14:63
• 9. Numbers 1:53; Numbers 16:22; Joshua 7:1; Joshua 22:18; 2 Samuel 24:1
• 10. Genesis 50:3,10; Numbers 20:29; 1 Samuel 25:1
• 11. S Exodus 25:8
• 12. S Exodus 28:41; Leviticus 21:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Do not uncover your heads"