Leviticus 10:11
in Leviticus 10so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by Moses.
KJV
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
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This verse in Leviticus 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You must distinguish between the holy and the common
on Leviticus 10:10-11
The priest needs a clear head for two jobs, judging clean from unclean and teaching the Israelites the statutes. Chapters 11 to 15 work out the first at length, and Malachi 2:7 holds later priests to the second.
This site's exposition
so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes
The statutes came through Moses, and the priests are made their teachers in every generation. Adam Clarke links the teaching to the clear mind of the previous verses, since a priest had to discern clean from unclean. Deuteronomy 33:10 later counts teaching the ordinances among Levi's duties.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 17 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 L ORD ?
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:97%@v16-17
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes,....
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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
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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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).
[So that you may] distinguish between what is sacred and what is mundane, between what is impure and what is pure.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְהוֹרֹ֖ת | ulehorot | and to teach | H3384 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַ֣חֻקִּ֔ים | hachukim | the statutes | H2706 → | 127 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֧ר | diber | he has spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
וּלְהוֹרֹ֖תand to teach
ulehorotH3384 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַ֣חֻקִּ֔יםthe statutes
hachukimH2706 →127 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֧רhe has spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֖םto them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
בְּיַד־by [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פMoses
moshehH4872 →765 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
Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Joshua 1:5
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Acts 18:9–10
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
- John 14:18–23
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
- Psalms 46:7
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Isaiah 41:10
Through
Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 2:24–25
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- 2 Timothy 2:24–25
Through
Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us…
it leads to
- Psalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalms 52:2
Through
Nehemiah 8:8So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.
it leads to
- Luke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- Luke 24:45
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.