Leviticus 11:1
The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
BSB
ASV
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
KJV
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... The one being the chief magistrate, and the other the high priest, and both concerned to see the following laws put into execution; according to Jarchi, the Lord spoke to Moses that he might speak to Aaron; but being now in office, and one part of his office being to distinguish between clean and unclean, the following discourse is directed equally to him as to Moses: saying unto them; as follows.
Yahweh speaks to Moses and Aaron conjointly. (Compare Lev 13:1; Lev 15:1.) The high priest, in regard to the legal purifications, is treated as co-ordinate with the legislator.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
