Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 10:8

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
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10:8-10 The placement of this instruction suggests that Nadab and Abihu were under the influence of alcohol when they offered “the wrong kind of fire” (10:1). Priests were not to drink anything that could impair their judgment before serving in the Tabernacle. • the Lord said to Aaron: God had been communicating only to Moses, but he now accepted Aaron as the people’s representative, and he communicated directly with Aaron as well. • The word common means “secular” or “ordinary.” • ceremonially unclean . . . clean: See 7:19-21; 11:1–15:33.

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