Leviticus 10:8

Lasting Statutes

8 Then Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,

Leviticus 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 10:8

And the Lord spake unto Aaron
Because he was a prophet, Aben Ezra says; but the reason rather seems to be, because be was the high priest, and now invested with his office, and in the execution of it, and therefore the following law respecting the priest's drinking of wine was given: some say, as the same writer observes, that God spake to him by Moses; but it rather seems that he spoke to Aaron immediately: according to Jarchi, this order was delivered to him as a reward for his silence, and to do honour to him on that account: saying; as follows.

Leviticus 10:8 In-Context

6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "You must not let your hair hang loosely, and you must not tear your garments, so that you will not die and he will be angry with all the community. But your brothers, all the house of Israel, may weep [because of] {the burning that Yahweh caused},

7 but you must not go out from [the] entrance to [the] tent of assembly lest you die, because Yahweh's anointing oil [is] on you." So they did according to Moses' word.

8 Then Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,

9 "You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to [the] tent of assembly, so that you will not die--[it is] a lasting statute for your generations--

10 and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, as well as between the unclean and the clean,

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"