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Outline:

Leviticus 10 brings to a close a three chapter, eight day story-arch that presented for us some incredible highs promptly followed by a devastating low. In chapter 8 Moses calls out “Aaron and his sons” from the congregation of Israel, clothes them in the priestly garments, preforms the necessary rituals outlined for their ordination, before commanding they remain in the tabernacle for “seven days” to complete their consecration to the Lord.

Leviticus 9 then opens on the “eighth day” with these men coming forth with the tabernacle officially being opened for business. “Aaron and his sons” make the appropriate offerings for themselves. After which they offer the Burnt, Grain, Peace, and Sin Offerings on behalf of the people. With bated breathe Israel looked on as “the glory of the LORD appeared and fire came out consuming the offering.” In response “all the people shouted” and worshipped.

As all of this is happening chapter 10 opens with an immediate shift from this dramatic scene back onto the activities of the priests occurring inside of the tabernacle itself. We read, “Then Nadab and Abihu, the two oldest sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.”

On their first day on the job, in one sensational instance, 2/5ths of the entire Priesthood is incinerated as two of Aaron’s four sons are “devoured” by fire coming out from the Lord! Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Moses jumps into the fray, commands Aaron and his two remaining sons not to mourn in any way, instructing them to basically keep going on! His point was these men were the “anointed priests” and therefore had a job to finish.

Understandably, in the fog and confusion of everything that’s happened Aaron’s younger sons “Eleazar and Ithamar” mess up some of the protocols for the Sin Offering causing Moses to come unhinged. He issues a stern rebuke of them and in response the chapter closes with Aaron interceding by telling Moses he needed to back off — which he does.

As you’re reading through Leviticus the transition from these tense events into a series of dietary guidelines laid out in chapter 11 seems odd to say the least. What make this even stranger is that the narrative of chapter 10 is later picked up in Leviticus 16:1, “Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered profane fire before the LORD, and died; and the LORD said to Moses: ‘Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.”

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