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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 10:8

And the Lord spake unto Aaron ,.... Because he was a prophet, Aben Ezra says; but the reason rather seems to be, because be was the high priest, and now invested with his office, and in the execution of it, and therefore the following law respecting the priest's drinking of wine was given: some say, as the same writer observes, that God spake to him by Moses; but it rather seems that he spoke to Aaron immediately: according to Jarchi, this order was delivered to him as a reward for his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 10:9

Do not drink wine or strong drink ,.... This law following upon the affair of Nadab and Abihu has caused some to think, and not without some reason, that they were drunk with wine or strong drink, when they offered strange fire; and indeed it is hardly to be accounted for upon any other foot that they should do it; but having feasted that day upon the peace offerings, and drank freely, it being the first day of their entrance on their office, they were, it may be supposed, elated and merry,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 10:10

And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy ,.... That being sober they might be able to distinguish between the one and the other; which a drunken man, having his mind and senses disturbed, is not capable of; as between holy and unholy persons, and between holy and unholy things; particularly, as Aben Ezra interprets it, between a sacred place and one that is common, and between a holy day and a common week day; the knowledge and memory of which may be lost through intemperance;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:1

And Nadab and Abihu - took either of them his censer - The manner of burning incense in the temple service was, according to the Jews, as follows: - "One went and gathered the ashes from off the altar into a golden vessel, a second brought a vessel full of incense, and a third brought a censer with fire, and put coals on the altar, and he whose office it was to burn the incense strewed it on the fire at the command of the governor. At the same time all the people went out of the temple... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:3

And Aaron held his peace - אהרן וידם vaiyiddom Aharon , and Aaron was dumb. How elegantly expressive is this of his parental affection, his deep sense of the presumption of his sons, and his own submission to the justice of God! The flower and hope of his family was nipped in the bud and blasted; and while he exquisitely feels as a father, he submits without murmuring to this awful dispensation of Divine justice. It is an awful thing to introduce innovations either into the rites and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:4

Uzziel the uncle of Aaron - He was brother to Amram the father of Aaron; see Exodus 6:18-22 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:5

Carried them in their coats out of the camp - The modern impropriety of burying the dead within towns, cities, or places inhabited, had not yet been introduced; much less that abomination, at which both piety and common sense shudder, burying the dead about and even within places dedicated to the worship of God! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:6

Uncover not your heads, etc. - They were to use no sign of grief or mourning, Because those who were employed in the service of the sanctuary should avoid every thing that might incapacitate them for that service; and, 2. Because the crime of their brethren was so highly provoking to God, and so fully merited the punishment which he had inflicted, that their mourning might be considered as accusing the Divine justice of undue severity. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:7

The anointing oil of the Lord is upon you - They were consecrated to the Divine service, and this required their constant attendance, and most willing and cheerful service. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:9

Do not drink wine nor strong drink - The cabalistical commentator, Baal Hatturim, and others, have supposed, from the introduction of this command here, that Aaron's sons had sinned through excess of wine, and that they had attempted to celebrate the Divine service in a state of inebriation. Strong drink - The word שכר shechar , from shachar , to inebriate, signifies any kind of fermented liquors. This is exactly the same prohibition that was given in the case of John Baptist, Luke... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 10:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 10:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 10:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 10:9

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