They have offered — They have done the substance of the thing, though they have mistaken this one circumstance. Such things — Whereby, haying been oppressed with grief, it is not strange nor unpardonable if I have mistaked. Should it have been accepted — Because it was not to be eaten with sorrow, but with rejoicing and thanksgiving.
Verse Leviticus 10:19. _AND SUCH THINGS HAVE BEFALLEN ME, C._] The excuse which Aaron makes for not feasting on the sin-offering according to the law is at once appropriate and dignified as if he had...
That is: “Behold this very day, in which we have done our part in sacrificing sin-offerings and burnt-offerings to the Lord, this great calamity has befallen me. Could it have been well-pleasing to th...
3. NADAB AND ABIHU: THE FALSE WORSHIP AND ITS RESULTS CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The false worship and the judgment (Leviticus 10:1)_ 2. New instructions (Leviticus 10:8) 3. The neglect of Eleazar and Ithama...
LEV X contains four appendices on the priests-' duties, of which the first and the fourth are in the form of ideal narratives (a caution and a misunderstanding), like chs. 8f. LEVITICUS 10:1. THE SIN...
Aaron in his reply admits that he should have eaten the Sin-Offering, but gives as a reason for not doing so -there have befallen me such things as these." This is explained as a reference to the deat...
AND AARON SAID UNTO MOSES, &C.— Though Moses had addressed Eleazar and Ithamar only; Aaron, convinced that the reproof concerned himself most, offers, in apology both for them and himself, that the mi...
3. THE SIN AND PUNISHMENT OF NADAB AND ABIHU 10:1-20 a. THEIR SIN Leviticus 10:1 b. THEIR PUNISHMENT Leviticus 10:2 c. THE WARNING Leviticus 10:3 d. DISPOSAL OF THE BODIES...
_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 sou...
GOAT OF THE SIN OFFERING] i.E. the people's sin offering (Leviticus 9:15). Aaron's own sin offering had been burned in accordance with the law (Leviticus 9:8). But instead of eating the flesh of the p...
SIN AND DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU An illustration of the necessity of a punctilious observance of the regulations. We have no means of ascertaining the precise nature of the trespass committed by the t...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
AND AARON SAID. — Though, according to Leviticus 10:16, Moses only blamed Eleazar and Ithamar for this transgression of the law, yet there can hardly be any doubt that Aaron was included in this censu...
וַ יְדַבֵּ֨ר אַהֲרֹ֜ן אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֗ה הֵ֣ן הַ֠
NADAB'S AND ABIHU'S "STRANGE FIRE" Leviticus 10:1 The solemn and august ceremonies of the consecration of the priests, and the tabernacle, and the inauguration of the tabernacle service, had a sad an...
CAREFULNESS AFTER JUDGMENT Leviticus 10:8 "And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: i...
In the record there breaks in a story full of solemn significance. Two sons of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu were guilty of offering strange fire before the Lord. They were swiftly consumed by fire. The ver...
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day (g) have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and [if] I had eaten the sin offering t...
_How, &c. My children are slain. Hebrew, "and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been agreeable to the Lord?" (Haydock)_...
The goat was the sin-offering for the people. Leviticus 9:15. And by the priest eating of it within the holy place, the instruction intended to be conveyed was, that the priest, as a type of the ever-...
The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...
Lastly, we have what, alas! is always the case with man. The first day the priesthood is established, it comes short of the glory of God. Nadab and Abihu offer strange fire, acting as men in nature in...
AND AARON SAID UNTO MOSES,.... For what Moses had said was said in his presence, though not addressed to him directly, but to his sons; and he was sensible that he was pointed at, and that if there wa...
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and [if] I had eaten the sin offering to da...
_Aaron said unto Moses_ Though Moses expostulates only with Eleazar and Ithamar, yet Aaron, taking the reproof to himself, makes an apology in his own and their behalf, the amount of which is, that he...
1 Nadab and Abihu, for offering of strange fire, are burnt by fire. 6 Aaron and his sonnes are forbidden to mourne for them. 8 The Priests are forbidden wine when they are to goe into the Tabernacle...
VARIOUS STATUTES...
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, the priests had made these offerings for themselves; AND SUCH THINGS HAVE BEF...
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PRIESTS...
FAILURE IN THE PRIESTHOOD (VV. 1-7) Priestly ministry had barely begun when those entrusted with it failed seriously. Two of Aaron's four sons put in their censers incense other than that which the Lo...
12-20 Afflictions should rather quicken us to our duty, than take us from it. But our unfitness for duty, when it is natural and not sinful, will have great allowances made for it; God will have merc...
THIS DAY HAVE THEY OFFERED; they have done the substance of the thing, though they have mistaken this one circumstance. _Such things have befallen me_; whereby, having been oppressed with grief, and a...
The page of human history has ever been a sadly blotted one. It is a record of failure, from first to last. Amid all the delights of Eden, man hearkened to the tempter's lie. (Genesis 1:24) When prese...
Leviticus 10:19 Aaron H175 said H1696 (H8762) Moses H4872 day H3117 offered H7126 (H8689) offering H2403 offeri
A PROBLEM ARISES CONCERNING THE PURIFICATION FOR SIN OFFERING FOR THE PEOPLE (LEVITICUS 10:16). This incident is quite remarkable, and is very unlikely to be a later invention, for it depicts Moses' u...
CONTENTS: Strange fire of Nadab and Abihu. CHARACTERS: God, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazer, Moses, Aaron, Ithamar, Michael, Elzaphan. CONCLUSION: It is fatal to act in the things of God without seeking the m...
Leviticus 10:1. _Strange fire._ Having, as some rabbins think, from the 9th verse, drank too freely at the feast, they inconsiderately took fire from the boiler, instead of taking it from off the alta...
_Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering?_ CONSIDERATION FOR NEGLECTED DUTY Part of this goat being a sin offering, should have been eaten--I mean the shoulder and breast allotted to the priest-...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 10:16 On the final day of the installation of the priesthood, Moses discovers that ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR have not followed the regulations concerning sacrifice. Aaron argues...
Reckless Ministry Sternly Rebuked SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 10:1.—Nahab and Abihu offered strange fire. Whether they were prompted by impetuous religious feeling, or were confused with wine, the...
EXPOSITION THE COMMAND TO ABSTAIN FROM WINE (Leviticus 10:8-3). The law given to Aaron (some manuscripts read Moses) against the use of wine by the priests during their ministrations, by its juxtaposi...
And Nadab and Abihu, the two sons of Aaron, took both of them their censers, and they put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He commanded them not ...
1 Samuel 1:7; 1 Samuel 1:8; Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 26:14;...