Leviticus 10 · Verse 6

Leviticus 10:6

And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.
Leviticus 10:6, King James Version

Leviticus 10:6 in other translations

BSBThen Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
WEBMoses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, “Don’t let the hair of your heads go loose, and don’t tear your clothes, so that you don’t die, and so that he will not be angry with all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled.
ASVAnd Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled.
YLTAnd Moses saith unto Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar his sons, ‘Your heads ye do not uncover, and your garments ye do not rend, that ye die not, and on all the company He be wroth; as to your brethren, the whole house of Israel, they bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled;
DARBYAnd Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar his sons, Your heads shall ye not uncover, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come on all the assembly; but your brethren, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled.
BBEAnd Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, Do not let your hair be loose, and give no signs of grief; so that death may not overtake you, and his wrath come on all the people; but let there be weeping among your brothers and all the house of Israel for this burning of the Lord's fire.
WebsterAnd Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

What does Leviticus 10:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Uncover not your heads--They who were ordered to carry out the two bodies, being engaged in their sacred duties, were forbidden to remove their turbans, in conformity with the usual customs of mourning; and the prohibition "neither rend your garments," was, in all probability, confined also to their official costume. For at other times the priests wore the ordinary dress of their countrymen and, in common with their families, might indulge their private feelings by the usual signs or expressions of grief.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Uncover not your heads, etc. - They were to use no sign of grief or mourning, 1. Because those who were employed in the service of the sanctuary should avoid every thing that might incapacitate them for that service; and, 2. Because the crime of their brethren was so highly provoking to God, and so fully merited the punishment which he had inflicted, that their mourning might be considered as accusing the Divine justice of undue severity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 10:3-7

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…

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Leviticus 10:6 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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אֶֽל\־'el-toH413
אַהֲרֹ֡ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וּלְאֶלְעָזָר֩u.le.'el.'a.Zarand to EleazarH499
וּלְאִֽיתָמָ֨ר\׀u.le.'i.ta.Marand to IthamarH385
בָּנָ֜יוba.Navsons hisH1121
רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֥םra.shei.Khemheads yourH7218
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּפְרָ֣עוּ\׀tif.Ra.'uyou let looseH6544
וּבִגְדֵיכֶ֤םu.vig.dei.Khemand garments yourH899
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
תִפְרֹ֙מוּ֙tif.Ro.muyou must tearH6533
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
תָמֻ֔תוּta.Mu.tuyou will dieH4191
וְעַ֥לve.'Aland towardsH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעֵדָ֖הha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712
יִקְצֹ֑ףyik.Tzofhe will be angryH7107
וַאֲחֵיכֶם֙va.'a.chei.Khemand relatives yourH251
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
יִבְכּוּ֙yiv.Kuthey will weep forH1058
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַשְּׂרֵפָ֔הha.se.re.Fahthe burningH8316
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
שָׂרַ֥ףsa.Rafhe has burnedH8313
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Leviticus 10:6

  • Numbers 1:53

    But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

  • Numbers 16:22

    And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

  • Joshua 7:1

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

  • Joshua 22:18

    But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 24:1

    And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

  • Joshua 22:20

    Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

  • Leviticus 13:45

    And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

  • Numbers 6:6-7

    All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body. He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

  • Ezekiel 24:16-17

    Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

  • Numbers 18:5

    And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

  • Micah 1:16

    Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

  • 2 Samuel 24:15-17

    So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men. And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Uncover.
13:45; 21:1-15; Ex 33:5; Nu 5:18; 6:6,7; 14:6; De 33:9; Jer 7:29
Eze 24:16,17; Mic 1:16
lest wrath.
Nu 16:22,41-47; Jos 7:1,11; 22:18,20; 2Sa 24:1,15-17

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Context

  • Leviticus 10:5

    So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

  • Leviticus 10:6

    And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.

  • Leviticus 10:7

    And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

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Leviticus 10:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Moisés dijo á Aarón, y á Eleazar y á Ithamar, sus hijos: No descubráis vuestras cabezas, ni rasguéis vuestros vestidos, porque no muráis, ni se levante la ira sobre toda la congregación: empero vuestros hermanos, toda la casa de Israel, lamentarán el incendio que Jehová ha hecho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse dit à Aaron, et à Éléazar et à Ithamar, ses fils: Ne découvrez pas vos têtes et ne déchirez pas vos vêtements, afin que vous ne mouriez pas, et qu’il n’y ait pas de la colère contre toute l’assemblée; mais vos frères, toute la maison d’Israël, pleureront l’embrasement que l’ Éternel a allumé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose sprach zu Aaron und zu Eleasar und zu Ithamar, seinen Söhnen: Eure Häupter sollt ihr nicht entblößen und eure Kleider nicht zerreißen, damit ihr nicht sterbet, und er nicht erzürne über die ganze Gemeinde; aber eure Brüder, das ganze Haus Israel, sollen diesen Brand beweinen, den Jehova angerichtet hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Locutusque est Moyses ad Aaron, et ad Eleazar, et Ithamar, filios ejus: Capita vestra nolite nudare, et vestimenta nolite scindere, ne forte moriamini, et super omnem cœtum oriatur indignatio. Fratres vestri, et omnis domus Israël, plangant incendium quod Dominus suscitavit: