Episode 10 — Leviticus 10: Strange Fire
from As It Is Written Hosted by Athena Vetterick
Leviticus 10, verse by verse. Strange fire — Nadab and Abihu offer what God 'had not commanded them,' and fire comes out from before the LORD, the same phrase as the glory-fire of chapter 9. The text's only charge is what it states; whether drink played a part is inference, and this episode flags it as such. Moses' word to Aaron — 'Among those who are near me I will be sanctified' — and Aaron held his peace. God's one direct speech to Aaron in the book: no wine when serving, 'that you may distinguish between the holy and the common,' and teach Israel. The chapter closes with the uneaten sin-offering goat — eating it is how the priests bear the congregation's iniquity — and Aaron's defense, which Moses accepts. Exegesis style: the text's own words first.
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