Leviticus 10:12
in Leviticus 10And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the offerings made by fire to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meal-offering that remaineth of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy;
KJV
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
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This verse in Leviticus 10
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The argument is, that as such meals were appointed in honor of Yahweh Himself, they ought to be conducted with due reverence and discretion. Lev 10:12 Beside the altar - What is called “the holy place” in Lev 10:13, Lev 10:17: it should be rather, a holy place, any part of the holy precinct, as distinguished from a merely “clean place” Lev 10:14, either within or without the court of the tabernacle. Lev 10:14 Wave breast and heave shoulder - See Lev 7:30 note.
This site's exposition
Take the meat offering that remaineth
on Leviticus 10:12-13
On the day of the funeral Moses goes back over the priests' portions that Leviticus 6 and 7 had already laid down. Four priests were consecrated a week ago and two are left, so the work does not stop and the survivors carry it. Eating the offering is put to them as an order rather than a privilege, since verse 13 ends for so I am commanded.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices
The meat-offerings, being annexed to the burnt-offerings, were intended only and wholly for the glory of God; but the peace-offerings were ordained for the furtherance of men's joy and comfort; the former therefore were the more sacred, and to be had more in veneration.
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left,....
2 And there went out fire from the L ORD , and devoured them, and they died before the L ORD . 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 was highly provoking to the God of heaven, whose judgment, we are sure, is according to truth.
Here were four priests consecrated together, two were taken away, and two left; therefore the two that were left should endeavour to fill up the places of those that were gone, by double care and diligence in the services of the priesthood. Moses repeats the directions he had formerly given them about eating their share of the sacrifices,
For (as bishop Hall well observes here) "It is a dangerous thing, in the service of God, to decline from his own institutions; we have to do with a God who is wise to prescribe his own worship, just to require what he has prescribed, and powerful to revenge what he has not prescribed." 3.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Moses spake unto Aaron, &c.--This was a timely and considerate rehearsal of the laws that regulated the conduct of the priests. Amid the distractions of their family bereavement, Aaron and his surviving sons might have forgotten or overlooked some of their duties.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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!
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֜ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֗ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְאֶ֣ל | veel | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֠לְעָזָר | ʾelazor | Eleazar | H499 → | 72 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אִ֨יתָמָ֥ר׀ | ʾitamar | Ithamar | H385 → | 21 times |
| בָּנָיו֮ | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַנּֽוֹתָרִים֒ | hanotarim | who remained | H3498 → | 106 times |
| קְח֣וּ | kechu | take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּנְחָ֗ה | haminchah | the grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| הַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ | hanoteret | which remains | H3498 → | 106 times |
| מֵאִשֵּׁ֣י | meishei | of [the] fire offerings of | H801 → | 65 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאִכְל֥וּהָ | veikhluha | and eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
| מַצּ֖וֹת | matzot | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| אֵ֣צֶל | ʾetzel | beside | H681 → | 61 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קֹ֥דֶשׁ | kodesh | [is] a holy thing of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים | kadashim | holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הִֽוא׃ | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֨רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
מֹשֶׁ֜הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַהֲרֹ֗ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וְאֶ֣לand to
veelH413 →5510 times
אֶ֠לְעָזָרEleazar
ʾelazorH499 →72 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
אִ֨יתָמָ֥ר׀Ithamar
ʾitamarH385 →21 times
בָּנָיו֮sons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
הַנּֽוֹתָרִים֒who remained
hanotarimH3498 →106 times
קְח֣וּtake
kechuH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּנְחָ֗הthe grain offering
haminchahH4503 →211 times
הַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙which remains
hanoteretH3498 →106 times
מֵאִשֵּׁ֣יof [the] fire offerings of
meisheiH801 →65 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאִכְל֥וּהָand eat it
veikhluhaH398 →810 times
מַצּ֖וֹתunleavened bread<s>
matzotH4682 →53 times
אֵ֣צֶלbeside
ʾetzelH681 →61 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
קֹ֥דֶשׁ[is] a holy thing of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
קָֽדָשִׁ֖יםholy things
kadashimH6944 →469 times
הִֽוא׃it
hi'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 44:29They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
it leads to
- Numbers 18:14
Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- Leviticus 27:21
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
- Leviticus 27:28
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:6
Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- Leviticus 6:14–18
Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- Numbers 18:14
Through
Leviticus 21:22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
it leads to
- Leviticus 2:3
The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
- Leviticus 6:16–17
Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 2:3
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Who and where
4 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.
- PersonExodus eraAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the…
- PersonWildernessEleazarAaron's third son who succeeded him as high priest on Mount Hor, founding the line that runs to Phinehas and Zadok.
- PersonWildernessIthamarAaron's fourth son, ordained priest in Leviticus 8; overseer of the tabernacle's accounts and the Gershonite and Merarite service.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.