1-5 Aadab and Abihu, for offering strange fire, are burnt by fire 6,7 Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mourn for them 8-11 The priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the tabernacle 12-15 The law of eating the holy things 16-20 Aaron's excuse for transgressing thereof

Nadab Le 16:1 22:9 Ex 6:23 24:1,9 28:1 Nu 3:3,4 26:61

censer Le 16:12 Ex 27:3 38:3 Nu 16:6,7,17,46 Heb 9:4

put incense Ex 30:1-9,34-36 31:11 37:29 40:27 1Ki 13:1,2 2Ch 26:16-20 Ps 141:2 Jer 44:8,15,19-21 Lu 1:9-11 Re 8:3-5

strange Le 9:24 16:12 Nu 16:18,46

which Ex 30:9 De 4:2 12:32 17:3 Jer 7:31 10:5 32:35

Bp. Hall says, `It is a dangerous thing, in the service of God, to decline from his institutions; we have to do with a God, who is wise to prescribe his own worship--just to require what he has prescribed--and powerful to avenge what he has not prescribed.'

2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

fire Le 9:24 16:1 Nu 3:3,4 16:35 26:61 2Sa 6:7 2Ki 1:10,12 1Ch 24:2

they died Nu 3:3,4 16:32,33,49 26:61 1Sa 6:19 1Ch 13:10 15:13 Ac 5:5,10 1Co 10:11

This fire, which destroyed the sacrificers, came from the same source with that which had consumed the sacrifices Le 9:24

Note. {they died}. The wages of sin is death.--They died {suddenly}--they died {before the Lord}; that is, before the vail that covered the mercy-seat. They died {by fire}, as by fire they sinned. The fire did not burn them to ashes, as it had done the sacrifices, nor so much as singe their coats, (verse 5) but struck them dead in an instant. By these different effects of the same fire, we learn that it was no common fire, but {kindled by the breath of the Almighty}. Isa 30:33

3 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.

I will be Le 8:35 21:6,8,15,17,21 22:9 Ex 19:22 29:43,44 Nu 20:12 De 32:51 1Sa 6:20 1Ch 15:12,13 Ps 89:7 119:120 Isa 52:11 Eze 20:41 42:13 Heb 12:28,29

before 1Sa 2:30 Isa 49:3 Eze 28:22 Joh 12:28 13:31,32 14:13 Ac 5:11-13 2Th 1:10 1Pe 4:17

Aaron Ge 18:25 1Sa 3:18 Job 1:20,21 2:10 Ps 39:9 46:10 Isa 39:8 Mt 10:37

4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

Uzziel Ex 6:18,22 Nu 3:19,30 1Ch 6:2

carry Lu 7:12 Ac 5:6,9,10 8:2

5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

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6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

Uncover Le 13:45 21:1-15 Ex 33:5 Nu 5:18 6:6,7 14:6 De 33:9 Jer 7:29 Eze 24:16,17 Mic 1:16

lest wrath Nu 16:22,41-47 Jos 7:1,11 22:18,20 2Sa 24:1,15-17

7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

ye shall Le 21:12 Mt 8:21,22 Lu 9:60

the anointing Le 8:12,30 Ex 28:41 30:30 40:13-15 Ac 10:38 2Co 1:21

8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,

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9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

Do not Nu 6:3,20 Pr 31:4,5 Isa 28:7 Jer 35:5,6 Eze 44:21 Lu 1:15 Eph 5:18 1Ti 3:3,8 5:23 Tit 1:7

strong drink. The hebrew {shecher}, Arabic {sakar} or {sukr} Greek [], from {shachar}, to inebriate, signifies any kind of fermented and inebriating liquor beside wine. So Jerome informs us, that {sciera} in Hebrew denotes any inebriating liquor, whether made of corn, the juice of apples, honey, dates, or any other fruit. These different kinds of liquors are described by Pliny, who calls then {vina factitia}. One of the four prohibited drinks among the Mohammedans in India is called {sakar}, which denotes inebriating liquor in general, but especially {date wine}.

it shall be Le 3:17

10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

De 24:8 33:10 2Ch 17:9 30:22 Ne 8:2,8 9:13,14 Jer 2:8 18:18 Mal 2:7 Mt 28:20 Ac 20:27 1Th 4:2

11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

Take Le 2:1-16 6:15-18 7:9 21:22 Ex 29:2 Nu 18:9,10 Eze 44:29

for it is most Le 21:22

12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

Take Le 2:1-16 6:15-18 7:9 21:22 Ex 29:2 Nu 18:9,10 Eze 44:29

for it is most Le 21:22

13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.

ye shall Nu 18:10

for so I Le 2:3 6:16

14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

Le 7:29-34 9:21 Ex 29:24-28 Nu 18:11 Joh 4:34

15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.

heave shoulder Le 7:29,30,34

for ever Le 7:34 Ge 13:15 17:8,13,17 1Co 9:13,14

16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

the goat Le 6:26,30 9:3,15

angry Ex 32:19-22 Nu 12:3 Mt 5:22 Mr 3:5 10:14 Eph 4:26

17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?

Wherefore Le 6:26,29 7:6,7

to bear Le 16:22 22:16 Ex 28:38,43 Nu 18:1 Isa 53:6-11 Eze 4:4-6 18:19,20 Joh 1:29 2Co 5:21 Heb 9:28 1Pe 2:24

18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

the blood Le 6:30

as I commanded Le 6:26,30

19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

this day Le 9:8,12 Heb 7:27 9:8

should De 12:7 26:14 1Sa 1:7,8 Isa 1:11,15 Jer 6:20 14:12 Ho 9:4 Mal 1:10 Mal 1:13 2:13 Php 4:4

20 And when Moses heard that, he was content.

he was content 2Ch 30:18-20 Mt 12:3-7,20