Focused Passage

Leviticus 10:8-11

Unauthorized Fire and the Holiness of Priestly Service

Nadab and Abihu offer unauthorized fire and are consumed by fire from the LORD; Moses explains the holiness required of those who approach God, restricts Aaronic mourning, commands priestly sobriety and discernment, and addresses the mishandling of the sin offering by Aaron's surviving sons.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

8 Then the LORD said to Aaron,

9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.

10 You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 8

Original words

Then the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular said וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר H1696 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶֽל־ H413 Preposition Aaron אַהֲרֹ֖ן H175 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . לֵאמֹֽר׃ H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Verse 9

Cross-references

Luke 1:15 Classic cross-references 1 Timothy 3:3 Classic cross-references Ephesians 5:18 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 44:21 Classic cross-references Isaiah 28:7 Classic cross-references

Original words

You אַתָּ֣ה׀ H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular and your sons וּבָנֶ֣יךָ H1121 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular . . . אִתָּ֗ךְ H854 Preposition | second person masculine singular are not אַל־ H408 Adverb to drink תֵּ֣שְׁתְּ׀ H8354 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular wine יַ֣יִן H3196 Noun - masculine singular or strong drink וְשֵׁכָ֞ר H7941 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular when you enter בְּבֹאֲכֶ֛ם H935 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition the Tent אֹ֥הֶל H168 Noun - masculine singular construct of Meeting מוֹעֵ֖ד H4150 Noun - masculine singular or else וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle you will die תָמֻ֑תוּ H4191 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural this is a permanent עוֹלָ֖ם H5769 Noun - masculine singular statute חֻקַּ֥ת H2708 Noun - feminine singular construct for the generations to come לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ H1755 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

Verse 10

Cross-references

Jeremiah 15:19 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 22:26 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 1:14 Classic cross-references Leviticus 11:47 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 44:23 Classic cross-references

Original words

You must distinguish וּֽלֲהַבְדִּ֔יל H914 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct between בֵּ֥ין H996 Preposition the holy הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ H6944 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . וּבֵ֣ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and the common הַחֹ֑ל H2455 Article | Noun - masculine singular between וּבֵ֥ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the clean הַטָּהֽוֹר׃ H2889 Article | Adjective - masculine singular and the unclean הַטָּמֵ֖א H2931 Article | Adjective - masculine singular . . . וּבֵ֥ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition

Verse 11

Cross-references

Malachi 2:7 Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 15:3 Classic cross-references Matthew 28:20 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 33:10 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 8:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

so that you may teach וּלְהוֹרֹ֖ת H3384 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֵ֚ת H853 Direct object marker all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the statutes הַ֣חֻקִּ֔ים H2706 Article | Noun - masculine plural that אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has given דִּבֶּ֧ר H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular them אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם H413 Preposition | third person masculine plural through בְּיַד־ H3027 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Moses מֹשֶֽׁה׃פ H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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