Leviticus 16 — Rabbi

Leviticus 16:1

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר

dâbar

and — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue יְהוָה֙

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God אֶל

ʼêl

near, with or among; often in general, to מֹשֶׁ֔ה

Môsheh

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver אַחֲרֵ֣י

ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) מ֔וֹת

mâveth

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin שְׁנֵ֖י

shᵉnayim

two; also (as ordinal) twofold בְּנֵ֣י

bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) אַהֲרֹ֑ן

ʼAhărôwn

Aharon, the brother of Moses בְּקָרְבָתָ֥ם

qârab

in/with/by — to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose לִפְנֵי

pânîym

to/for — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) יְהוָ֖ה

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God וַיָּמֻֽתוּ

mûwth

and — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

Leviticus 16:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

Then the Lord spoke to Moses after the

Recurring Theme

The Day of Atonement's entire protocol - Aaron may not simply walk into the Most Holy Place whenever he wants, "lest he die" (v.2) - is expl…death

Recurring Theme

The Day of Atonement's entire protocol - Aaron may not simply walk into the Most Holy Place whenever he wants, "lest he die" (v.2) - is expl… of the two sons of Aaron

Recurring Theme

The Day of Atonement's entire protocol - Aaron may not simply walk into the Most Holy Place whenever he wants, "lest he die" (v.2) - is expl… who had died when they [irreverently] approached the presence of the Lord. [Lev 10:1, 2]

Rabbi's unlock

▦Leviticus 16:1New

This chapter sits at the exact structural center of Leviticus's chiasm (see the design noted on 1:1): rituals frame the book on both ends, priesthood and purity nest inside that, and the Day of Atonement holds the whole design together at its middle. Everything the rest of the book sets up - the sacrificial system, the priesthood, the purity laws - converges here, in the one ritual built to cover whatever all of it, together, still doesn't catch.

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↔ Rabbi noticed a connection

Nadab and Abihu's own deaths for approaching carelessly -- the exact catastrophe this chapter's entire procedure exists to prevent from happening again.

Leviticus 16:1 · WEB

Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh, and died;

Leviticus 10:2 · WEB

Fire came out from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“Then the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who had died when they [irreverently] approached the presence of the Lord. [Lev 10:1, 2]”

Leviticus 16:1

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