Leviticus 10:16-20
New Living Translation
16 Moses then asked them what had happened to the goat of the sin offering. When he discovered it had been burned up, he became very angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons. 17 “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the sacred area?” he demanded. “It is a holy offering! The Lord has given it to you to remove the guilt of the community and to purify the people, making them right with the Lord.[a] 18 Since the animal’s blood was not brought into the Holy Place, you should have eaten the meat in the sacred area as I ordered you.”
19 Then Aaron answered Moses, “Today my sons presented both their sin offering and their burnt offering to the Lord. And yet this tragedy has happened to me. If I had eaten the people’s sin offering on such a tragic day as this, would the Lord have been pleased?” 20 And when Moses heard this, he was satisfied.
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- 10:17 Or to make atonement for the people before the Lord.
Leviticus 10:16-20
Lexham English Bible
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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- Leviticus 10:16 Or “And”
- Leviticus 10:16 Or “And”
- Leviticus 10:17 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
- Leviticus 10:17 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 10:18 Or “to the sanctuary inside” or “to the sanctuary within”
- Leviticus 10:19 Or “And”
- Leviticus 10:19 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 10:20 Or “And”
- Leviticus 10:20 Or “and it”
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