Leviticus 10:8
in Leviticus 10Then the LORD said to Aaron,
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And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, saying,
KJV
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying,
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This verse in Leviticus 10
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then the LORD said to Aaron
on Leviticus 10:8-9
This is the one place in Leviticus where the LORD speaks to Aaron alone. The rule bans wine and strong drink when the priests enter the Tent of Meeting. Its place right after the deaths is why, as Jamieson, Fausset and Brown report, many have read drink into verse 1.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
5 ) and were guilty of this fatal miscarriage. No doubt it was done presumptuously; for, if it had been done through ignorance, they would have been allowed the benefit of the law lately made, even for the priests, that they should bring a sin-offering, ch. iv.
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And the Lord spake unto Aaron,....
The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֖ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֣רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; 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.