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English Revised Version

Leviticus 16:1

And the LORD spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and died;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Priest, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Expiation;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Interpretation;   Type, typology;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Expiation;   Fasting;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Festivals, Religious;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Expiation, Propitiation;   Festivals;   High Priest;   Holy;   Intercession;   Lamb of God;   Leviticus;   Reconcilation;   Righteousness;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Temptation of Jesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement, Day of;   Azazel;   Church;   Clean and Unclean;   Fasting;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Propitiation;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aaronic Priesthood;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Expiation;   Goat;   Veil;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   High priest;   Offering;   Priest;   Smith Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Sacrifice;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Priesthood, the;   Worship, the;   On to Canaan;   Law of Moses, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement, Day of;   Feasts, and Fasts;   Leviticus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;   Holiness;   Law, Reading from the;   Peshiá¹­ta;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, after the death of the two sons of Aharon, when they drew near before the LORD, and died;
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord , and died;
Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they had come near before Yahweh and they died.
New Century Version
Now two of Aaron's sons had died while offering incense to the Lord , and after that time the Lord spoke to Moses.
New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons when they approached the presence of the Lord and died,
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who had died when they [irreverently] approached the presence of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Fvrthermore the Lord spake vnto Moses, after the death of the two sonnes of Aaron, whe they came to offer before the Lord, and dyed:
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near the presence of Yahweh and died.
Contemporary English Version
Two of Aaron's sons had already lost their lives for disobeying the Lord , so the Lord told Moses to say to Aaron: I, the Lord , appear in a cloud over the place of mercy on the sacred chest, which is behind the inside curtain of the sacred tent. And I warn you not to go there except at the proper time. Otherwise, you will die!
Complete Jewish Bible
[In regular years read with Parashah 30, in leap years read separately] Adonai spoke with Moshe after the death of Aharon's two sons, when they tried to sacrifice before Adonai and died;
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Jehovah and died;
Easy-to-Read Version
Two of Aaron's sons died while offering incense to the Lord . After that time, the Lord spoke to Moses.
English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered strange fire before the LORD and died;
Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who were killed when they offered unholy fire to the Lord .
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the Lord and died.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, as they drew near before Jehovah, and they died.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE spake vnto Moses (after that Aarons two sonnes were deed, whan they offered before the LORDE) & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died;
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they took in strange fire before the Lord and death overtook them;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses after the death of ye two sonnes of Aaron, when they offered before ye Lorde, and dyed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and died;
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, after the death of the two sonnes of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord, and died.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses after the two sons of Aaron died in bringing strange fire before the Lord, so they died.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron's sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises, aftir the deeth of the twei sones of Aaron, whanne thei offriden alien fier, and weren slayn, and comaundide to hym,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, in their drawing near before Jehovah, and they die;
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died:
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
New King James Version
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;
New Living Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, who died after they entered the Lord 's presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before him.
New Life Bible
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they had come near the Lord and died.
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, - when they had offered strange fire before Yahweh and died.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they were slain upon their offering strange fire:
Revised Standard Version
The LORD spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD and died;
THE MESSAGE
After the death of Aaron's two sons—they died when they came before God with strange fire— God spoke to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron not to enter into the Holy of Holies, barging inside the curtain that's before the Atonement-Cover on the Chest whenever he feels like it, lest he die, because I am present in the Cloud over the Atonement-Cover.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died.

Contextual Overview

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and died; 2 and the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. 3 Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 10:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:20 - die not Leviticus 4:35 - and the priest shall make

Cross-References

Genesis 11:30
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 12:16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she-asses, and camels.
Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:3
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 16:9
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 16:10
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 21:12
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 21:21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron,.... That is, either immediately after their death, and so this chapter would have stood in its natural order next to the tenth; or else after the above laws concerning uncleanness on various accounts were delivered out, designed to prevent the people entering into the tabernacle defiled, whereby they would have incurred the penalty of death; wherefore, as Aben Ezra observes, after the Lord had given cautions to the Israelites, that they might not die, he bid Moses to caution Aaron also, that he might not die as his sons died; these were Nadab and Abihu:

when they offered before the Lord, and died; offered strange fire, and died by flaming fire, as the Targum of Jonathan; or fire sent down from heaven, as Gersom, by lightning; see Leviticus 10:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The reference to the death of Nadab and Abihu is a notice of the occasion on which the instructions were given, well calculated to add point and emphasis to the solemn admonition to the high priest in the second verse. The death of his sons Leviticus 10:2, for drawing near to Yahweh in an unauthorized manner, was to serve as a warning to Aaron himself never to transgress in this respect.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVI

The solemn yearly expiation for the high priest, who must not

come at all times into the holy place, 1, 2.

He must take a bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a

burnt-offering, bathe himself, and be dressed in his sacerdotal

robes, 3, 4.

He shall take two goats, one of which is to be determined by

lot to be a sacrifice; the other to be a scapegoat, 5-10.

He shall offer a bullock for himself and for his family, 11-14.

And shall kill the goat as a sin-offering for the people, and

sprinkle its blood upon the mercy-seat, and hallow the altar of

burnt-offerings, 15-19.

The scapegoat shall be then brought, on the head of which he

shall lay his hands, and confess the iniquities of the children

of Israel; after which the goat shall be permitted to escape to

the wilderness, 20-22.

After this Aaron shall bathe himself, and make a burnt-offering

for himself and for the people, 23-28.

This is to be an everlasting statute, and the day on which the

atonement is to be made shall be a Sabbath, or day of rest,

through all their generations, 29-34.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVI

Verse Leviticus 16:1. After the death of the two sons of Aaron — It appears from this verse that the natural place of this chapter is immediately after the tenth, where probably it originally stood; but the transposition, if it did take place, must be very ancient, as all the versions acknowledge this chapter in the place in which it now stands.


 
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