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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Leviticus 10:20

He rested satisfied with his answer, either because he thought it reasonable, seeing the letter of the law ofttimes yields to necessities or great accidents, 2 Chronicles 30:18 Matthew 12:3,4; or at least because the things alleged were mitigations of his fault, and he would not add affliction to the afflicted, but rather defer the debate of it to a fitter opportunity.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Leviticus 10:20. _WHEN MOSES HEARD_ THAT, _HE WAS CONTENT._] The argument used by Aaron had in it both good sense and strong reason, and Moses, as a reasonable man, felt its force; and as God e...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. NADAB AND ABIHU: THE FALSE WORSHIP AND ITS RESULTS CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The false worship and the judgment (Leviticus 10:1)_ 2. New instructions (Leviticus 10:8) 3. The neglect of Eleazar and Ithama...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEV X contains four appendices on the priests-' duties, of which the first and the fourth are in the form of ideal narratives (a caution and a misunderstanding), like chs. 8f. LEVITICUS 10:1. THE SIN...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. THE SIN AND PUNISHMENT OF NADAB AND ABIHU 10:1-20 a. THEIR SIN Leviticus 10:1 b. THEIR PUNISHMENT Leviticus 10:2 c. THE WARNING Leviticus 10:3 d. DISPOSAL OF THE BODIES...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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,_ Moses diligently sou...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SIN AND DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU An illustration of the necessity of a punctilious observance of the regulations. We have no means of ascertaining the precise nature of the trespass committed by the t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOAT OF THE SIN OFFERING] i.E. the people's sin offering (Leviticus 9:15). Aaron's own sin offering had been burned in accordance with the law (Leviticus 9:8). But instead of eating the flesh of the p...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND... HE WAS CONTENT. — He acknowledged Aaron’s plea to be just, and that he had himself spoken hastily. This is a remarkable instance of Moses’ humility, and of the human side of his nature as a law...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁמַ֣ע מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַ יִּיטַ֖ב בְּ עֵינָֽי

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CAREFULNESS AFTER JUDGMENT Leviticus 10:8 "And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: i...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    NADAB'S AND ABIHU'S "STRANGE FIRE" Leviticus 10:1 The solemn and august ceremonies of the consecration of the priests, and the tabernacle, and the inauguration of the tabernacle service, had a sad an...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the record there breaks in a story full of solemn significance. Two sons of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu were guilty of offering strange fire before the Lord. They were swiftly consumed by fire. The ver...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And when Moses heard [that], he was (h) content. (h) Moses bore with his infirmity, considering his great sorrow, but does not leave an example to forgive them that maliciously transgress the command...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTI0NS Who that reads this Chapter, and beholds the awful monuments here held forth to view, in the sons of Aaron struck dead before the LORD, but must feel himself constrained to cry out with th...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Lastly, we have what, alas! is always the case with man. The first day the priesthood is established, it comes short of the glory of God. Nadab and Abihu offer strange fire, acting as men in nature in...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN MOSES HEARD [THAT], HE WAS CONTENT. He said no more, he did not proceed in blaming him and his sons, but was satisfied with the answer returned; he considered the grief and trouble of mind th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when Moses heard [that], he was content. Ver. 20. _He was content._] For that time at least. It is not good sowing in a high wind. To choose a fit time to admonish an offender, is a singular skil...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Moses was content_ He rested satisfied with Aaron's answer, who, it appeared, had sincerely aimed at pleasing God; and those who do so, will find he is not _extreme to mark what is amiss._...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Nadab and Abihu, for offering of strange fire, are burnt by fire. 6 Aaron and his sonnes are forbidden to mourne for them. 8 The Priests are forbidden wine when they are to goe into the Tabernacle...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PRIESTS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And when Moses heard that, he was content, literally, "it was good in his eyes," he was satisfied that no disregard of the Lord's precepts was intended, that the circumstances warranted Aaron and his...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    VARIOUS STATUTES...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    FAILURE IN THE PRIESTHOOD (VV. 1-7) Priestly ministry had barely begun when those entrusted with it failed seriously. Two of Aaron's four sons put in their censers incense other than that which the Lo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-20 Afflictions should rather quicken us to our duty, than take us from it. But our unfitness for duty, when it is natural and not sinful, will have great allowances made for it; God will have merc...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The page of human history has ever been a sadly blotted one. It is a record of failure, from first to last. Amid all the delights of Eden, man hearkened to the tempter's lie. (Genesis 1:24) When prese...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 10:20 Moses H4872 heard H8085 (H8799) content H3190 (H8799) H5869 he was content -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A PROBLEM ARISES CONCERNING THE PURIFICATION FOR SIN OFFERING FOR THE PEOPLE (LEVITICUS 10:16). This incident is quite remarkable, and is very unlikely to be a later invention, for it depicts Moses' u...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Strange fire of Nadab and Abihu. CHARACTERS: God, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazer, Moses, Aaron, Ithamar, Michael, Elzaphan. CONCLUSION: It is fatal to act in the things of God without seeking the m...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 10:1. _Strange fire._ Having, as some rabbins think, from the 9th verse, drank too freely at the feast, they inconsiderately took fire from the boiler, instead of taking it from off the alta...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering?_ CONSIDERATION FOR NEGLECTED DUTY Part of this goat being a sin offering, should have been eaten--I mean the shoulder and breast allotted to the priest-...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 10:16 On the final day of the installation of the priesthood, Moses discovers that ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR have not followed the regulations concerning sacrifice. Aaron argues...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Reckless Ministry Sternly Rebuked SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 10:1.—Nahab and Abihu offered strange fire. Whether they were prompted by impetuous religious feeling, or were confused with wine, the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE COMMAND TO ABSTAIN FROM WINE (Leviticus 10:8-3). The law given to Aaron (some manuscripts read Moses) against the use of wine by the priests during their ministrations, by its juxtaposi...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And Nadab and Abihu, the two sons of Aaron, took both of them their censers, and they put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He commanded them not ...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 30:18; Matthew 12:20; Matthew 12:3; Zechariah 7:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He rested satisfied with his answer. it appeared, that Aaron sincerely aimed at pleasing God: and those who do so, will find he is not extreme to mark what is done amiss....

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