Leviticus 10 · Verse 16

Leviticus 10:16

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,
Leviticus 10:16, King James Version

Leviticus 10:16 in other translations

BSBLater, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
WEBMoses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned. He was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
ASVAnd Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,
YLTAnd the goat of the sin-offering hath Moses diligently sought, and lo, it is burnt, and he is wroth against Eleazar, and against Ithamar, sons of Aaron, who are left, saying,
DARBYAnd Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and behold, it was burnt up: then he was wroth with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,
BBEAnd Moses was looking for the goat of the sin-offering, but it was burned; and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, who were still living, saying,
WebsterAnd 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 who were left alive, saying,

What does Leviticus 10:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 10:16-20
16-20. Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt--In a sacrifice presented, as that had been, on behalf of the people, it was the duty of the priests, as typically representing them and bearing their sins, to have eaten the flesh after the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar. Instead of using it, however, for a sacred feast, they had burnt it without the camp; and Moses, who discovered this departure from the prescribed ritual, probably from a dread of some further chastisements, challenged, not Aaron, whose heart was too much lacerated to bear a new cause of distress but his two surviving sons in the priesthood for the great irregularity. Their father, however, who heard the charge and by whose directions the error had been committed, hastened to give the explanation. The import of his apology is, that all the duty pertaining to the presentation of the offering had been duly and sacredly performed, except the festive part of the observance, which privately devolved upon the priest and his family. And that this had been omitted, either because his heart was too dejected to join in the celebration of a cheerful feast, or that he supposed, from the appalling judgments that had been inflicted, that all the services of that occasion were so vitiated that he did not complete them. Aaron was decidedly in the wrong. By the express command of God, the sin offering was to be eaten in the holy place; and no fanciful view of expediency or propriety ought to have led him to dispense at discretion with a positive statute. The law of God was clear and, where that is the case, it is sin to deviate a hair's breadth from the path of duty. But Moses sympathized with his deeply afflicted brother and, having pointed out the error, said no more.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Moses diligently sought the goat - The goat which was offered the same day for the sins of the priests and the people, (see Lev 9:15, Lev 9:16), and which, through the confusion that happened on account of the death of Nadab and Abihu, was burnt instead of being eaten. See Lev 10:16-18.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 10:12-20

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 mercy, and not sacrifice. Let us profit by the solemn warning this history conveys. When professing worshippers come with zeal without knowledge, carnal affections, earthly, light, vain, trifling thoughts, the devices of…

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Leviticus 10:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֵ֣ת\׀ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שְׂעִ֣ירse.'Ir[the] male goat ofH8163
הַֽחַטָּ֗אתha.cha.Tatthe sin offeringH2403
דָּרֹ֥שׁda.Roshcarefully <to seek>H1875
דָּרַ֛שׁda.Rashhe soughtH1875
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
שֹׂרָ֑ףso.Rafit had been burnedH8313
וַ֠יִּקְצֹףVai.yik.tzofand he was angryH7107
עַל\־'al-towardsH5921
אֶלְעָזָ֤ר'el.'a.ZarEleazarH499
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and towardsH5921
אִֽיתָמָר֙'i.ta.MarIthamarH385
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
הַנּוֹתָרִ֖םha.no.ta.Rim<the> remainingH3498
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

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Cross references for Leviticus 10:16

  • Leviticus 9:3

    And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

  • Leviticus 9:15

    And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

  • Matthew 5:22

    But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

  • Mark 3:5

    And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Mark 10:14

    But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

  • Leviticus 6:26

    The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Leviticus 6:30

    And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

  • Ephesians 4:26

    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

  • Exodus 32:19-22

    And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

  • Numbers 12:3

    (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the goat.
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

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Context

  • Leviticus 10:15

    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.

  • Leviticus 10:16

    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,

  • Leviticus 10:17

    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?

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Leviticus 10:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Moisés demandó el macho cabrío de la expiación, y hallóse que era quemado: y enojóse contra Eleazar é Ithamar, los hijos de Aarón que habían quedado, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse chercha diligemment le bouc du sacrifice pour le péché; mais voici, il avait été brûlé; et Moïse se mit en colère contre Éléazar et Ithamar, les fils d’Aaron qui restaient, et il leur dit:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose suchte eifrig den Bock des Sündopfers, und siehe, er war verbrannt. Und er erzürnte über Eleasar und über Ithamar, die Söhne Aarons, die übriggeblieben, und sprach:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Inter hæc, hircum, qui oblatus fuerat pro peccato, cum quæreret Moyses, exustum reperit: iratusque contra Eleazar et Ithamar filios Aaron, qui remanserant, ait: