Leviticus 10:3

Then said Moses unto Aaron—The very thing, that Yahweh spake, saying—In them that draw near to me, must I be hallowed, And before the faces of all the people, must I get myself honour,—And Aaron, was dumb.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Then came there forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed them,—and they died before Yahweh.

4Then called Moses unto Mishael, and unto Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, uncle of Aaron,—and said unto them—Draw near bear away your brethren from before the sanctuary, unto the outside of the camp.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:4So will I let the heart of Pharaoh wax bold, and he will pursue them, that I may get me honour over Pharaoh, and over all his forces, and the Egyptians shall know, that I, am Yahweh. And they did so.

Exodus 19:24And Yahweh said unto him—Away, down, then shalt thou come up, thou and Aaron with thee,—but as for the priests and the people, let it not be that they press through to come up unto Yahweh lest he break in upon them.

Leviticus 8:35Even at the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall ye abide day and night for seven days, and shall keep the watch of Yahweh and shall not die,—for, so, am I commanded.

Leviticus 21:8Therefore shalt thou hold him as holy, for the food of thy God, doth he bring near,—Holy, shall he be to thee, For, holy, am I—Yahweh, who am making you holy.

Leviticus 21:17Speak unto Aaron, saying,—No man of thy seed, unto their generations in whom shall be any blemish, shall come near, to present the food of his God.

Leviticus 22:9Therefore shall they keep my charge, and shall not bear, for it, sin, and die therein, when they profane it,—I—Yahweh, am hallowing them.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 10:2-3

Death of Nadab and Abihu. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 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. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord , and devoured them, and they died before the Lord . Here is, I. The great sin that Nadab and Abihu were guilty of: and a great sin we must call it, how little soever it appears in our eye, because it is evident by the punishment of it that it… Read the whole commentary →

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