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Leviticus 10:5
5So they came forward and picked them up by their garments and carried them out of the camp, just as Moses had commanded.
Leviticus 10:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.
- New International Version (NIV)So they came and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses ordered.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So they came near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So they went near and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said.
Context of Leviticus 10:5
3Then 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. 4Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron’s cousins, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel. He said to them, “Come forward and carry away the bodies of your relatives from in front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.” So they came forward and picked them up by their garments and carried them out of the camp, just as Moses had commanded. 6Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not show grief by leaving your hair uncombed or by tearing your clothes. If you do, you will die, and the Lord’s anger will strike the whole community of Israel. However, the rest of the Israelites, your relatives, may mourn because of the Lord’s fiery destruction of Nadab and Abihu. 7But you must not leave the entrance of the Tabernacle or you will die, for you have been anointed with the Lord’s anointing oil.” So they did as Moses commanded.
Read all of Leviticus 10Leviticus 10:5 word by word
וַֽיִּקְרְב֗וּ וַיִּשָּׂאֻם֙ בְּכֻתֳּנֹתָ֔ם אֶל־מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר מֹשֶֽׁה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- So they went nearקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
- and carriedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- them in their coatsכֻּתֹּ֫נֶתkethôneth kûttôneth · tunicH3801
- outחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- of the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- as Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- had saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
Commentaries on Leviticus 10:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Carried them in their coats out of the camp - The modern impropriety of burying the dead within towns, cities, or places inhabited, had not yet been introduced; much less that abomination, at which both piety and common sense shudder, burying the dead about and even within places dedicated to the worship of God!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Coats - See Exodus 28:39. Life had been extinguished as if by a flash of lightning, but neither the bodies nor the dresses were destroyed.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-7Verses 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 submission he revered the justice of the stroke. When God corrects us or ours for sin, it is our duty to accept the punishment, and say, It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good. Whenever we worship God, we come nigh unto him, as spiritual…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5They carried the bodies by their clothes to avoid contamination.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan--The removal of the two corpses for burial without the camp would spread the painful intelligence throughout all the congregation; and the remembrance of so appalling a judgment could not fail to strike a salutary fear into the hearts both of priests and people. The interment of the priestly vestments along with Nadab and Abihu, was a sign of their being polluted by the sin of their irreligious wearers.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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