16 Now Moses diligently inquired about (A)the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned up! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, saying, 17 (B)“Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since (C)it is a thing most holy and has been given to you that you may bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? 18 Behold, (D)its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, (E)as I commanded.” 19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, (F)today they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and yet such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, (G)would the Lord have approved?” 20 And when Moses heard that, he approved.

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The Problem of the Uneaten Sin Offering

16 Then[a] Moses sought all over for the goat of the sin offering and behold, it was burned up. So[b] he was angry with Aaron’s remaining sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, 17 “Why did you not eat the sin offering on the sanctuary’s site, because it is a most holy thing?[c] And he gave it to you to remove the community’s guilt, to make atonement for them before[d] Yahweh. 18 Look, its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary.[e] Certainly you should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”

19 So[f] Aaron said to Moses, “Look, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before[g] Yahweh, and things such as these have happened to me, and if I were to eat a sin offering today, would it have been good in Yahweh’s eyes?” 20 When[h] Moses heard, it[i] was good in his eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 10:16 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 10:16 Or “And”
  3. Leviticus 10:17 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  4. Leviticus 10:17 Literally “to the faces of”
  5. Leviticus 10:18 Or “to the sanctuary inside” or “to the sanctuary within”
  6. Leviticus 10:19 Or “And”
  7. Leviticus 10:19 Literally “to the faces of”
  8. Leviticus 10:20 Or “And”
  9. Leviticus 10:20 Or “and it”