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Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord meant when he said, ‘Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron was silent.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Judgments;   Minister, Christian;   Resignation;   Sacrilege;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Priests;   Religious;   Worship;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Resignation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nadab;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Atonement;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abihu;   Dumb;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abstinence;   Isaiah;   Korah;   Mourning;   Nadab;   Philip the Apostle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abihu;   Leviticus;   Nadab;   Poetry;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sanctification;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Glorify;   Moses;   Sanctification;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Aaron;   Abihu;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Augustine;   Holiness;   Hur;   Mourning;   Patience;   Shirah, Pereḳ (Pirḳe);  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 26;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Then Moshe said to Aharon, "This is what the LORD spoke of, saying, "'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, And before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aharon held his shalom.
King James Version
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke, saying, ‘Among those who are close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will display my glory.'" So Aaron was silent.
New Century Version
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘I must be respected as holy by those who come near me; before all the people I must be given honor.'" So Aaron did not say anything about the death of his sons.
New English Translation
Moses then said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord spoke: ‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron kept silent.
Amplified Bible
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD said: 'I will be treated as holy by those who approach Me, And before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, said nothing.
New American Standard Bible
Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying, 'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Moses sayde vnto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will bee sanctified in the that come neere me, & before all the people I will be glorified: but Aaron held his peace.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what Yahweh spoke, saying,‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy,And before all the people I will be glorified.'"So Aaron kept silent.
Contemporary English Version
Then Moses told Aaron that this was exactly what the Lord had meant when he said: "I demand respect from my priests, and I will be praised by everyone!" Aaron was speechless.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe said to Aharon, "This is what Adonai said: ‘Through those who are near me I will be consecrated, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aharon kept silent.
Darby Translation
And Moses said to Aaron, This is what Jehovah spoke, saying, I will be hallowed in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron was silent.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Moses said to Aaron, "The Lord says, ‘The priests who come near me must respect me. I must be holy to them and to all the people.'" So Aaron did not say anything about his sons dying.
English Standard Version
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the LORD has spoken, saying, I will be sanctified by those that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Good News Translation
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘All who serve me must respect my holiness; I will reveal my glory to my people.'" But Aaron remained silent.
Christian Standard Bible®
Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has spoken:
Literal Translation
And Moses said to Aaron, It is that which Jehovah has spoken, saying, I will be sanctified by those drawing near to Me; and I will be honored before all the people. And Aaron was silent.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Moses vnto Aaron: This is it, that the LORDE sayde: I wil be sanctified vpo them that come nye me, and before all the people wil I be glorified. And Aaron helde his peace.
American Standard Version
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Bible in Basic English
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Moyses sayde vnto Aaron: This is it that the Lorde spake, saying: I wyll be sanctified in them that come nye me, and before all the people I wylbe glorified. And Aaron helde his peace.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Moses said unto Aaron: 'This is it that the LORD spoke, saying: Through them that are nigh unto Me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron held his peace.
King James Version (1611)
Then Moses said vnto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will bee sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified: And Aaron held his peace.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw night to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked in his heart.
English Revised Version
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD meant when He said: 'To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.'" But Aaron remained silent.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moises seide to Aaron, This thing it is which the Lord spak, Y schal be halewid in hem that neiyen to me, and Y schal be glorified in the siyt of al the puple; which thing Aaron herde, and was stille.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith unto Aaron, `It [is] that which Jehovah hath spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honoured;' and Aaron is silent.
Update Bible Version
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that Yahweh spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Moses said to Aaron, This [is] what the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
World English Bible
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, "'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, And before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
New King James Version
And Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: "By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified."' So Aaron held his peace.
New Living Translation
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord meant when he said, ‘I will display my holiness through those who come near me. I will display my glory before all the people.'" And Aaron was silent.
New Life Bible
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord meant when He said, ‘I will show Myself holy among those who are near Me. I will be honored in front of all the people.'" And Aaron said nothing.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Moses unto Aaron - The very thing, that Yahweh spake, saying - In them that draw near to me, must I be hallowed, And before the faces of all the people, must I get myself honour, - And Aaron, was dumb.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath spoken. I will be sanctified in them that approach to me: and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And when Aaron heard this, he held his peace.
Revised Standard Version
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD has said, 'I will show myself holy among those who are near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.
THE MESSAGE
Moses said to Aaron, "This is what God meant when he said, To the one who comes near me, I will show myself holy; Before all the people, I will show my glory." Aaron was silent.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying, 'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

Contextual Overview

3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord meant when he said, ‘Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron was silent. 4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Come forward, and carry your kinsmen away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp." 5 They came forward and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had ordered. 6 And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not dishevel your hair, and do not tear your vestments, or you will die and wrath will strike all the congregation; but your kindred, the whole house of Israel, may mourn the burning that the Lord has sent. 7 You shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for the anointing oil of the Lord is on you." And they did as Moses had ordered.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will be: Leviticus 8:35, Leviticus 21:6, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 21:15, Leviticus 21:17, Leviticus 21:21, Leviticus 22:9, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 19:22, Exodus 29:43, Exodus 29:44, Numbers 20:12, Deuteronomy 32:51, 1 Samuel 6:20, 1 Chronicles 15:12, 1 Chronicles 15:13, Psalms 89:7, Psalms 119:120, Isaiah 52:11, Ezekiel 20:41, Ezekiel 42:13, Hebrews 12:28, Hebrews 12:29

before: 1 Samuel 2:30, Isaiah 49:3, Ezekiel 28:22, John 12:28, John 13:31, John 13:32, John 14:13, Acts 5:11-13, 2 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Peter 4:17

Aaron: Genesis 18:25, 1 Samuel 3:18, Job 1:20, Job 1:21, Job 2:10, Psalms 39:9, Psalms 46:10, Isaiah 39:8, Matthew 10:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:5 - held Exodus 3:5 - Draw not Exodus 4:24 - sought Exodus 20:26 - thy nakedness Exodus 28:36 - HOLINESS Leviticus 8:30 - and sanctified Leviticus 11:44 - ye shall Leviticus 19:30 - reverence Leviticus 22:32 - I will Numbers 16:5 - will cause Joshua 3:5 - Sanctify Joshua 24:19 - holy 1 Samuel 4:18 - his neck 1 Kings 13:21 - thou hast disobeyed 1 Kings 13:26 - the man 2 Kings 4:26 - It is well 2 Kings 20:19 - Good 1 Chronicles 15:14 - sanctified Psalms 24:3 - stand Psalms 93:5 - holiness Ecclesiastes 5:1 - thy foot Isaiah 5:16 - sanctified Isaiah 8:13 - Sanctify Isaiah 29:23 - sanctify Jeremiah 8:14 - be silent Ezekiel 2:8 - Be Ezekiel 24:16 - yet Ezekiel 39:27 - and am Ezekiel 40:46 - which come Amos 8:3 - with silence Jonah 4:8 - and wished Zechariah 3:7 - if thou wilt keep Matthew 6:9 - Hallowed Luke 11:2 - Hallowed Acts 5:5 - great Acts 19:17 - and fear Colossians 4:17 - Take James 3:1 - knowing Revelation 20:9 - and fire

Cross-References

Jeremiah 51:27
Raise a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her, summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her, bring up horses like bristling locusts.
Ezekiel 27:14
Beth-togarmah exchanged for your wares horses, war horses, and mules.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses said unto Aaron,.... Upon this awful occasion, and in order to quiet and humble him under the mighty hand of God:

this [is it] that the Lord spoke, saying; but when he spoke it, and where it is said and recorded, is not so very clear; it might have been said, and yet not recorded, or the substance of it may be recorded, though not in the express words here delivered; it may refer, as some think, to Exodus 19:22 or else to Exodus 29:43 which seems to come nearest to what follows, so Jarchi:

I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me; in the priests that drew nigh to him, and offered sacrifice and burnt incense to him; by these he expected to be sanctified, not to be made holy, but to be declared to be so, and obeyed and worshipped as such; as he is, when his commands and ordinances are observed, as he would have them be, in faith and fear, which were not done by these sons of Aaron; and therefore the Lord, by the punishment he inflicted, showed himself to be an holy, righteous, and jealous God:

and before all the people I will be glorified; as he is when he is believed and trusted in; when his worship is carried on in his own house, according to his will; when his ordinances are kept as they were delivered, and when he is reverenced in the assembly of his saints; all which were wanting in this case. And this may also have respect to the glory of divine justice, in the public punishment of the sin of those men, that since he was not glorified by them before the people in the way of their duty, he would glorify himself in their punishment:

and Aaron held his peace: was in a stupor, as the Septuagint, quite amazed, thunderstruck, as we say; he was silent, said not one word against what was done; murmured not at the providence, nor complained of any severity, but was patient under the hand of God, and resigned to his will; and since God was sanctified and glorified, he was contented.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, I will sanctify myself in them that come near to me (i. e. the priests), and I will glorify myself before all the people. The words used by Moses on this occasion are not found elsewhere in the Pentateuch. But the sense is implied in such passages as Exodus 19:22; Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:1, Exodus 29:44.

Aaron’s silence (compare Psalms 39:9) on this occasion may be compared with his reasonable and natural expostulation with Moses when his surviving sons were rebuked for not having eaten the flesh of the sin-offering Leviticus 10:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 10:3. And Aaron held his peace. — וידם אהרן 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 ceremonies, or into the truths, of the religion of Christ: he who acts thus cannot stand guiltless before his God.

It has often been remarked that excessive grief stupefies the mind, so that amazement and deep anguish prevent at once both tears and complaints; hence that saying of Seneca, Curae leves loquantur; graviores silent. "Slight sorrows are loquacious; deep anguish has no voice. Leviticus 10:19.


 
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