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Leviticuschapter 10

20 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

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Leviticus 10— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 10. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 26 of 54

שְׁמִינִי Shmini, Leviticus 9:1 to 11:47

Read with it: 2 Samuel 6:1 to 7:17 in Ashkenazi use, and 2 Samuel 6:1 to 6:19 in Sephardi use.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Leviticus 10:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּֽלֲהַבְדִּ֔ילulahavdiland to separateH914בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH996הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁhakodeshthe holy thingH6944וּבֵ֣יןuveinand betweenH996הַחֹ֑לhacholthe profane thingH2455וּבֵ֥יןuveinand betweenH996הַטָּמֵ֖אhatame'the unclean [thing]H2931וּבֵ֥יןuveinand betweenH996הַטָּהֽוֹר׃hatahorthe clean [thing]H2889

Rashi on Leviticus 10:10

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
ולהבדיל AND TO DISTINGUISH [BETWEEN THE HOLY AND THE UNHOLY] — i. e., Observe this law in order that ye may be able to distinguish between a holy (valid) sacrificial act and one which has become profane (invalid). Thus you may learn that if one performed a sacrificial rite in a state of intoxication his ministry was invalid (Sifra, Shemini, Section 1; Zevachim 17b).

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

Onkelos Leviticus 10:10

Targum
[So that you may] distinguish between what is sacred and what is mundane, between what is impure and what is pure.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

Leviticus 10:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּלְהוֹרֹ֖תulehorotand to teachH3384אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853בְּנֵ֣יbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelH3478אֵ֚תʾet<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הַ֣חֻקִּ֔יםhachukimthe statutesH2706אֲשֶׁ֨רʾasherwhichH834דִּבֶּ֧רdiberhe has spokenH1696יְהוָ֛הyahwehYahwehH3068אֲלֵיהֶ֖םʾaleihemto themH413בְּיַד־beyad-by [the] hand ofH3027מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פmoshehMosesH4872

Rashi on Leviticus 10:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
ולהורת AND TO TEACH [THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL] — This informs us that an intoxicated person is forbidden to pronounce religious decisions. One might think that if he does so he is liable to the death penalty!

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

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