Leviticus 10:3-7

3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among ¹those who are near me ²I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified. ’” ³And Aaron held his peace.

4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of ⁴Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near; carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary and out of the camp. ”

5 So they came near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.

6 And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, ⁵“Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and ⁶wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled.

7 ⁷And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, ⁸for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. ” And they did according to the word of Moses.

Leviticus 10:3-7 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. 10:3 ch. 21:17, 21
• 2. 10:3 Ezek. 28:22
• 3. 10:3 [Ps. 39:9]
• 4. 10:4 Ex. 6:18, 22; Num. 3:19, 30
• 5. 10:6 ch. 13:45; 21:10; Ezek. 24:16, 17
• 6. 10:6 Num. 1:53; 16:22, 46; 18:5; Josh. 7:1; 22:18, 20
• 7. 10:7 ch. 21:12
• 8. 10:7 ch. 8:30