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Verse Leviticus 10:9. _DO NOT DRINK WINE NOR STRONG DRINK_] The
cabalistical commentator, _Baal Hatturim_, and others, have supposed,
from the introduction of this command here, that Aaron's sons had...
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When the priest was on duty he was to abstain from wine and strong
drink, lest he should commit excess (see Leviticus 10:1), and so
become disqualified for carrying out the precepts of the ceremonial...
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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...
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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...
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DO NOT DRINK WINE, NOR STRONG DRINK— See the note on Leviticus 10:1.
By _strong drink,_ is here meant, such inflammatory intoxicating
liquors, as were made in imitation of wine; as of dates, figs, hon...
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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...
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_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO AARON, SAYING,_
Do not drink wine ... This prohibition, and the accompanying
admonitions, following immediately the occurrence of so fatal a
catastrophe, has given rise to an...
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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...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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DO NOT DRINK WINE. — As the command that the priests are to abstain
from any intoxicating liquors when performing their sacred functions
follows so closely upon the death of Nadab and Abihu, the opini...
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יַ֣יִן וְ שֵׁכָ֞ר אַל ־תֵּ֣שְׁתְּ ׀
אַתָּ֣ה ׀
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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...
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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...
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A DEED THAT TURNED JOY INTO GRIEF
Leviticus 9:22; Leviticus 10:1
There was a double blessing. First, Aaron blessed the people when he
stood against the altar, Leviticus 9:22, and afterward, when he c...
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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...
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Drunk. Hebrew shekar; which the Septuagint and Vulgate commonly
translate by sicera, any strong liquor, (St. Jerome) particularly
palm-wine. (St. Chrysostom in Isai. v. 11.) Jonathan says old wine.
He...
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Some have thought from this precept, that the sin of Aaron's sons was
drunkenness. It is possible that Nadab and Abihu might have been
intoxicated at the time they offered the strange fire. But then,...
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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...
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9._Do not drink wine, nor strong drink. _The second cleanness required
in the priests is that they should abstain from wine, and strong
drink; (188) in which word Jerome says that everything intoxicat...
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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...
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DO NOT DRINK WINE OR STRONG DRINK,.... This law following upon the
affair of Nadab and Abihu has caused some to think, and not without
some reason, that they were drunk with wine or strong drink, when...
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_Do not drink wine nor strong drink_ It is certainly not improbable
that the sin of Nadab and Abihu was owing to this. But if not, yet
drunkenness is so odious a sin in itself, especially in a ministe...
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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...
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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap
the corners of thy field, to the very edge of the property line,
NEITHER SHALT THOU GATHER THE GLEANINGS OF THY HARVEST, single st...
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CHIEFLY OF THE SECOND TABLE...
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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PRIESTS...
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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...
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8-11 Do not drink wine or strong drink. During the time they
ministered, the priests were forbidden it. It is required of gospel
ministers, that they be not given to wine, 1 Timothy 3:3. It is, Lest
y...
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This is here added, either because Nadab and Abihu had been led to
their error by drinking too much, which might easily fall out when
they were feasting and full of joy for their entrance into so
hono...
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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...
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Leviticus 10:9 drink H8354 (H8799) wine H3196 drink H7941 sons H1121
go H935 (H8800) tabernacle H168 meeting...
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“Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when
you go into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die, it shall be a
statute for ever throughout your generations,”
The first impor...
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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...
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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...
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_Do not drink wine._
HELP TO TEMPERANCE
Combine with this verse Jeremiah 35:6; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Thessalonians
5:7. Intemperance, one of the giant evils of the land, is
self-imposed. This is its sadd
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 10:8 This is the only time in Leviticus
1:1 that God speaks directly to Aaron alone. God outlines three major
roles for the priesthood: (1) to
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 10:9 WINE and STRONG DRINK are forbidden
while priests are “on duty,” so that they can faithfully carry out
their responsibilities. On their responsibility to...
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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...
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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...
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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
...
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1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy 3:8; 1 Timothy 5:23; Ephesians 5:18; E
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Drink not wine — it is not improbable, that the sin of Nadab and
Abihu was owing to this very thing. But if not, yet drunkenness is so
odious a sin in itself, especially in a minister, and most of all...