Leviticus 21:24
in Leviticus 21Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
KJV
And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
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This verse in Leviticus 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect
on Leviticus 21:21-24
The priest with a defect keeps his portion and loses his function. The phrase "food of his God" bars him in verse 21 and feeds him in verse 22.
This site's exposition
Moses told this to Aaron and his sons
Moses repeats to all the Israelites a law spoken for the priests. Matthew Henry saw the high priest's restrictions as a sign to the people of the dignity of his office. A sign works only on those who know the rule.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons,....
The words behind it
10 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 |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֖ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּנָ֑יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְאֶֽל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֣רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
בָּנָ֑יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
וְאֶֽל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בְּנֵ֖י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 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 Timothy 2:2And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:6
By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 1:13–14
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
- Malachi 2:7
For 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.
- Titus 1:5–9
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
- 1 Timothy 4:6
Through
1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
- 1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
- 2 Timothy 4:1–3
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
- 1 Timothy 4:14
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Leviticus

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; 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.
