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Leviticus 10:3

1 Chronicles 15:12; 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Peter 4:17; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 3:18; 1 Samuel 6:20; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; Acts 5:11; Deuteronomy 32:51; Exodus 14:4; Exodus 19:22; Exodus 29:43; Exodus 29:44; Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 28:22; Ezekiel 42:13; Genesis 18:25; Hebrews 12:28; Hebrews 12:29; Isaiah 39:8; Isaiah 49:3; Isaiah 52:11; Job 1:20; Job 1:21; Job 2:10; John 12:28; John 13:31; John 13:32; John 14:13; Leviticus 21:15; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 21:21; Leviticus 21:6; Leviticus 21:8; Leviticus 22:9; Leviticus 8:35; Matthew 10:37; Numbers 20:12; Psalms 119:120; Psalms 39:9; Psalms 46:10; Psalms 89:7

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See also Leviticus 10:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 th...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THIS IS IT, &C., in contrast with Leviticus 10:1. The positive opposed to the negative. Note the emphasis on "This". this and nothing else: this very thing. Disobedience here is vital; this is why "ju...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I will be sanctified_ The words seem to be a quotation and are in poetical parallelism: "In them that come nigh me I will shew myself holy, And before all the people I will glorify myself." The se...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN MOSES SAID UNTO AARON, &C.— Aaron, no doubt, must have been pierced with severe anguish upon receiving this dreadful stroke. To alleviate which, Moses desires him to recollect, that this event wa...

  • 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

    _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._ Moses sa...

  • 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

    THEM THAT COME NIGH ME] i.e. the priests (cp. Exodus 19:22; Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 43:19). The greater the privilege the greater the responsibility. Judgement begins at the house of God ...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEN MOSES SAID... THIS IS IT THAT THE LORD SPAKE. — Here we have another instance of a reference to a well-known Divine communication made through Moses, which has not been previously recorded in the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל ־אַהֲרֹ֗ן הוּא֩ אֲשׁ

  • 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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be (b) sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. (b)...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Spoken, by this exemplary judgment. (Haydock) --- We do not find the exact words recorded before: but there are some equivalent, shewing that God requires a particular sanctity in his ministers. (Chap...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! observe what effect grace had upon the mind of Moses. No doubt the awful event struck terror and dismay in every beholder, but while some trembled Moses adored. It is sweet in our afflictions...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _HOLY REVERENCE AND GODLY FEAR_ ‘I will be sanctified in them that come nigh Me.’ Leviticus 10:3 Spectacular shows do not change hearts. The Israelites are worshipping a calf, and debauched in lust...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3._Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake _Moses restrains his brother from giving way to excessive grief; for this was a very bitter stroke after their recent joy to see himself a...

  • 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 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 i...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 3....

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

    _Moses said unto Aaron_ This awful stroke having wounded Aaron with deep anguish, Moses endeavours to allay his sorrows, by representing to him how very faulty his two sons had been, and how agreeable...

  • 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

    THE SIN OF NADAB AND ABIHU AND ITS PUNISHMENT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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. That was the explanation of this seve...

  • 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

    3-7 The most quieting considerations under affliction are fetched from the word of God. What was it that God spake? Though Aaron's heart must have been filled with anguish and dismay, yet with silent...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THIS IS IT THAT THE LORD SPAKE; though the express words be not recorded in Scripture, where only the heads of sermons are contained, yet it is probable they were uttered by Moses in God's name. Howso...

  • 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 10:3 Moses H4872 said H559 (H8799) Aaron H175 LORD H3068 spoke H1696 (H8765) saying H559 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DISOBEDIENCE BRINGS DEATH FOR THE DISOBEDIENT AND A TEST FOR THE FAITHFUL (LEVITICUS 10:1). Leviticus 10:1 ‘And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it,...

  • 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

    _Aaron held his peace._ AARON; OR, THE DISTURBING AND TRANQUILISING INFLUENCES OF LIFE I. The disturbing influences. Physical sufferings, secular anxieties, social grievances, moral remorse, heart b...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 10:1 NADAB AND ABIHU, the eldest of Aaron’s four sons, took censers of their own, put INCENSE in them, and OFFERED UNAUTHORIZED FIRE (see...

  • 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 DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU, THE SONS OF AARON (Leviticus 10:1). The first day of Aaron's ministry had not yet closed. He had offered the sacrifices, and had entered into the holy place wi...

  • 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 ...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The Lord spake — Though the words be not recorded in scripture, where only the heads of discourses are contained, yet it is probable they were uttered by Moses in God's name. Howsoever the sense of th...

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