Leviticus 16:1

And the Lord spake with Mosheh after the two sons of Aharon were dead, who offered the strange fire before the Lord, and died;

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;

In Context

2And the Lord said unto Mosheh, Speak with Aharon thy brother, that he may not enter at any time into the Holy Place within the veil before the mercy seat which is upon the ark, that he die not; for in the cloud will I reveal Myself over the mercy seat.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:1But the sons of Aharon, Nadab and Abihu, took each man his censer and put fire in them, and put sweet incense upon it, and offered (or brought) before the Lord strange fire which He had not commanded them.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 16:1

In this chapter we have the institution of the annual solemnity of the day of atonement, or expiation, which had as much gospel in it as perhaps any of the appointments of the ceremonial law, as appears by the reference the apostle makes to it, Heb. ix. 7 , &c. We had before divers laws concerning sin-offerings for particular persons, and to be offered upon particular occasions; but this is concerning the stated sacrifice, in which the whole nation was interested. The whole service of the day is committed to the… Read the whole commentary →

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