Leviticus 10:17
in Leviticus 10“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jehovah?
KJV
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?
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This verse in Leviticus 10
Commentary
7 notes on this verseGod hath given it to you - As a reward of your service, whereby you expiate, bear, and take away their sins, by offering those sacrifices, by which God through Christ is reconciled to the penitent and believing offerers.
This site's exposition
Moses diligently sought the goat
on Leviticus 10:16-18
The goat is the people's sin offering from Leviticus 9:15, and it was burnt when the law at Leviticus 6:26 required the priests to eat it, since its blood had not been carried inside. Moses is angry, and he brings the charge against Eleazar and Ithamar rather than against their father. Verse 17 gives his reason and is the only place in Scripture with the phrase to bear the iniquity of the congregation, which puts the priests' eating inside the atonement rather than after it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), that the priests did hereby bear the iniquity of the congregation, that is, they were types of him who was to be made sin for us, and on whom God would lay the iniquity of us all. Now the blood of this goat was not brought into the holy place, and yet, it seems, it was burnt without the camp.
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Wherefore have ye not eaten of the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt--In a sacrifice presented, as that had been, on behalf of the people, it was the duty of the priests, as typically representing them and bearing their sins, to have eaten the flesh after the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar.
To bear the iniquity of the congregation - See on Lev 6:26 (note), etc.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
To bear the iniquity - See Exo 28:38 note.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַדּ֗וּעַ | madua' | why? | H4069 → | |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם | ʾakhaltem | did you eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽחַטָּאת֙ | hachatat | the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| בִּמְק֣וֹם | bimkom | in [the] place of | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | hakodesh | <the> holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קֹ֥דֶשׁ | kodesh | [is] a holy thing of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים | kadashim | holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הִ֑וא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְאֹתָ֣הּ׀ | veotah | and <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נָתַ֣ן | natan | he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָכֶ֗ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| לָשֵׂאת֙ | laset | to bear | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲוֹ֣ן | ʾavon | [the] iniquity of | H5771 → | 233 times |
| הָעֵדָ֔ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| לְכַפֵּ֥ר | lekhaper | to make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
מַדּ֗וּעַwhy?
madua'H4069 →
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֲכַלְתֶּ֤םdid you eat
ʾakhaltemH398 →810 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַֽחַטָּאת֙the sin offering
hachatatH2403 →295 times
בִּמְק֣וֹםin [the] place of
bimkomH4725 →401 times
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ<the> holiness
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
קֹ֥דֶשׁ[is] a holy thing of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
קָֽדָשִׁ֖יםholy things
kadashimH6944 →469 times
הִ֑ואit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
וְאֹתָ֣הּ׀and <obj.> it
veotahH853 →10935 times
נָתַ֣ןhe gave
natanH5414 →2011 times
לָכֶ֗םto <the> you
lakhem
לָשֵׂאת֙to bear
lasetH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲוֹ֣ן[the] iniquity of
ʾavonH5771 →233 times
הָעֵדָ֔הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
לְכַפֵּ֥רto make atonement
lekhaperH3722 →102 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֖םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- Romans 5:19
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
Through
Exodus 28:38And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall…
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 18:1
So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
- John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- 1 Peter 2:24
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.