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Leviticus 16:1

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:

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.
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.
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and 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 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: 2 And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Speake vnto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the Holy place within the vayle, before the Merciseate, which is vpon the Arke, that he dye not: for I wil appeare in the cloude vpon the Merciseate. 3 After this sort shall Aaron come into the Holy place: euen with a yong bullocke for a sinne offring, and a ramme for a burnt offring. 4 He shal put on the holy linnen coate, and shal haue linnen breeches vpon his flesh, & shal be girded with a linnen girdle, and shal couer his head with a linnen miter: these are the holy garments: therefore shal hee wash his flesh in water, when he doeth 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
But Sarai was barren, and had no childe.
Genesis 12:16
Who intreated Abram well for her sake, and he had sheepe, and beeues, and hee asses, and men seruants and maide seruants, and shee asses, and camelles.
Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lorde hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her. And Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.
Genesis 16:3
Then Sarai Abrams wife tooke Hagar her maide the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten yeere in the land of Canaan, and gaue her to her husband Abram for his wife.
Genesis 16:9
Then the Angel of the Lorde saide to her, Returne to thy dame, and humble thy selfe vnder her hands.
Genesis 16:10
Againe the Angel of the Lorde saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.
Genesis 21:12
But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.
Genesis 21:21
And he dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran, and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 25:21
And Izhak prayed vuto the Lorde for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued,
Judges 13:2
Then there was a man in Zorah of the familie of the Danites, named Manoah, whose wife was baren, 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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