Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 10:6

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10:6 Eleazar and Ithamar were Aaron’s two remaining sons (Exod 6:23). • leaving your hair uncombed: This practice and others like it were ways to show grief in biblical times (cp. Gen 37:29; 44:13; Deut 14:1; 2 Sam 1:11; Job 1:20; Jer 16:6; 47:5). As high priest, Aaron was prohibited from participating in these rituals or in any way displaying his grief (Lev 21:10). The injunction extended to Eleazar and Ithamar; if God’s representatives had shown grief on this occasion, it might have been interpreted by observers as disagreeing with God’s justice. However, the laypeople were allowed to mourn.

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