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Selected Verse: Leviticus 10:19 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
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Le 10:19 |
Strong Concordance |
And Aaron [0175] said [01696] unto Moses [04872], Behold, this day [03117] have they offered [07126] their sin offering [02403] and their burnt offering [05930] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and such things have befallen [07122] me: and if I had eaten [0398] the sin offering [02403] to day [03117], should it have been accepted [03190] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]? |
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King James |
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 day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 the Lord if those who have been so humbled as I and my sons have been by the sin of our relations and the divine judgment, had feasted on the most holy flesh of the sin-offering?" |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Aaron excused his sons, however, by saying, "Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering, and this has happened to me," i.e., the calamity recorded in Lev 10:1. has befallen me (קרא = קרה, as in Gen 42:4); "and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing to Jehovah?" וגו ואכלתּי is a conditional clause, as in Gen 33:13, cf. Ewald, 357. Moses rested satisfied with this answer. Aaron acknowledged that the flesh of the sin-offering ought to have been eaten by the priest in this instance (according to Lev 6:19), and simply adduced, as the reason why this had not been done, the calamity which had befallen his two eldest sons. And this might really be a sufficient reason, as regarded both himself and his remaining sons, why the eating of the sin-offering should be omitted. For the judgment in question was so solemn a warning, as to the sin which still adhered to them even after the presentation of their sin-offering, that they might properly feel "that they had not so strong and overpowering a holiness as was required for eating the general sin-offering" (M. Baumgarten). This is the correct view, though others find the reason in their grief at the death of their sons or brethren, which rendered it impossible to observe a joyous sacrificial meal. But this is not for a moment to be thought of, simply because the eating of the flesh of the sin-offering was not a joyous meal at all (see at Lev 6:19).
(Note: Upon this mistaken view of the excuse furnished by Aaron, Knobel has founded his assertion, that "this section did not emanate from the Elohist, because he could not have written in this way," an assertion which falls to the ground when the words are correctly explained.) |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
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. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And such things have befallen me, etc. - 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 said: "God certainly has commanded me to eat of the sin-offering; but when such things as these have happened unto me, could it be good in the sight of the Lord? Does he not expect that I should feel as a father under such afflicting circumstances?" With this spirited answer Moses was satisfied; and God, who knew his situation, took no notice of the irregularity which had taken place in the solemn service. To human nature God has given the privilege to weep in times of affliction and distress. In his infinite kindness he has ordained that tears, which are only external evidences of our grief, shall be the outlets to our sorrows, and tend to exhaust the cause from which they flow. See on Lev 10:3 (note). |
19 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
19 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
13 And he said [0559] unto him, My lord [0113] knoweth [03045] that the children [03206] are tender [07390], and the flocks [06629] and herds [01241] with young [05763] are with me: and if men should overdrive [01849] them one [0259] day [03117], all the flock [06629] will die [04191].
4 But Benjamin [01144], Joseph's [03130] brother [0251], Jacob [03290] sent [07971] not with his brethren [0251]; for he said [0559], Lest peradventure [06435] mischief [0611] befall him [07122].
1 And Nadab [05070] and Abihu [030], the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], took [03947] either [0376] of them his censer [04289], and put [05414] fire [0784] therein [02004], and put [07760] incense [07004] thereon, and offered [07126] strange [02114] fire [0784] before [06440] the LORD [03068], which he commanded [06680] them not.
3 Then Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], This is it that the LORD [03068] spake [01696], saying [0559], I will be sanctified [06942] in them that come nigh [07138] me, and before [06440] all the people [05971] I will be glorified [03513]. And Aaron [0175] held his peace [01826].