Leviticus 10:11

11 and so that you can teach the Israelites all the rules that the LORD spoke to them through Moses.

Leviticus 10:11 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 10:11

And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the
statutes
Laws, precepts, ordinances, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which was the business of the priests to do, ( Malachi 2:7 ) but one inebriated with liquor would be incapable of giving instructions about any of those things:

which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses:
particularly those delivered and recorded in ( Exodus 20:1-26 ) ( 22:1-23:33 ) and as not the priests, so neither any other Israelite might instruct {s}, nor indeed would be capable of instructing others when in liquor; and therefore excessive drinking, as it should be carefully avoided by all men, so more especially by those who by their office are teachers of others; see ( Proverbs 31:4 Proverbs 31:5 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Maimon. Hilchot Biath Hamikdash, c. 1. sect. 3.

Leviticus 10:11 In-Context

9 Both you and your sons must not drink wine or beer when you enter the meeting tent so that you don't die—this is a permanent rule throughout your future generations—

10 so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,

11 and so that you can teach the Israelites all the rules that the LORD spoke to them through Moses.

12 Moses then told Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, "Take the grain offering that is left over from the LORD's food gifts and eat it unleavened next to the altar, because it is most holy.

13 You must eat it in a holy place because it is your portion and your sons' portion from the LORD's food gifts, as I have been commanded.