_AND NADAB AND ABIHU, THE SONS OF AARON, TOOK EITHER OF THEM HIS CENSER, AND PUT FIRE THEREIN, AND PUT INCENSE THEREON, AND OFFERED STRANGE FIRE BEFORE THE LORD, WHICH HE COMMANDED THEM NOT._ The sons of Aaron ... If this incident occurred at the solemn period of the consecrating and dedicating the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WENT OUT FIRE FROM THE LORD, AND DEVOURED THEM, AND THEY DIED BEFORE THE LORD._ Fire from the Lord ... devoured them - rather, killed them; for it appears (Leviticus 10:5) that neither their bodies nor their robes were consumed. The expression, "from the Lord," indicates that this fire i... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN MOSES SAID UNTO AARON, THIS IS IT THAT THE LORD SPAKE, SAYING, I WILL BE SANCTIFIED IN THEM THAT COME NIGH ME, AND BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE I WILL BE GLORIFIED. AND AARON HELD HIS PEACE._ Moses said ... This is it ... "They that come nigh me" points, in this passage, directly to the priests; and... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES CALLED MISHAEL AND ELZAPHAN, THE SONS OF UZZIEL THE UNCLE OF AARON, AND SAID UNTO THEM, COME NEAR, CARRY YOUR BRETHREN FROM BEFORE THE SANCTUARY OUT OF THE CAMP._ Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan (see Exodus 6:22 ) ... Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary. The entran... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO AARON, AND UNTO ELEAZAR AND UNTO ITHAMAR, HIS SONS, UNCOVER NOT YOUR HEADS, NEITHER REND YOUR CLOTHES; LEST YE DIE, AND LEST WRATH COME UPON ALL THE PEOPLE: BUT LET YOUR BRETHREN, THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, BEWAIL THE BURNING WHICH THE LORD HATH KINDLED._ Uncover not your heads... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL NOT GO OUT FROM THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, LEST YE DIE: FOR THE ANOINTING OIL OF THE LORD IS UPON YOU. AND THEY DID ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF MOSES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO AARON, SAYING,_ Do not drink wine ... This prohibition, and the accompanying admonitions, following immediately the occurrence of so fatal a catastrophe, has given rise to an opinion entertained by many, that the two unhappy priests were under the influence of intoxication... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SPAKE UNTO AARON, AND UNTO ELEAZAR AND UNTO ITHAMAR, HIS SONS THAT WERE LEFT, TAKE THE MEAT OFFERING THAT REMAINETH OF THE OFFERINGS OF THE LORD MADE BY FIRE, AND EAT IT WITHOUT LEAVEN BESIDE THE ALTAR: FOR IT IS MOST HOLY:_ Moses spake unto Aaron ... This was a timely and considerate re... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES DILIGENTLY SOUGHT THE GOAT OF THE SIN OFFERING, AND, BEHOLD, IT WAS BURNT: AND HE WAS ANGRY WITH ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR, THE SONS OF AARON WHICH WERE LEFT ALIVE, SAYING,_ Moses diligently sought ... In a sacrifice presented, as that had been, on behalf of the people, it was the duty of the... [ Continue Reading ]