Hello, all. Got through today's reading well...right up until the alst part of chapter 10! Verses 16-20 about Moses being upset at Aaron's sons for not eating the sin offering, then Aaron's reply to Moses that satisfied him. Anyone else unclear about how Aaron's response satisifed Moses?
So I guess today's reading helped answer my question on did everyone have to do offerings for their sins..."do this to remove your sins and the peoples sins" (Lev. 9:7)
I liked the reminder in verse 6 "you have done what the Lord has commanded so you will see the Lord's glory".
Also, the Bible I'm reading made some good points about not using the right special fire that God commanded. God has given us so much wisdom that will keep us from the awful consequences of choosing any "fire" we'd like. God provides us with some very specific living commandments in Scripture. Maybe we have chosen our own fire instead of God's fire. The consequences for our disobedience is coming. It always does. But some people just won't learn. They keep choosing the other fire over and over and others just sit back and watch as the years go by and their lives are destroyed. I for sure need to pay more attention to God's "fire" and obeying His way over my way!
I was puzzled, too, Sarah. I just pulled out the Bible commentary and here is its explanation--
Though Moses had addressed Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, and rebuked them, it was the father who answered. Aaron knew that eating the sin offering represented taking the sins of the offerer upon himself, as Moses had said. But with what had happened and his own responsibility, in part, for it, he did not feel that he could bear the sins of others. He had all he could do to bear his own. He could but feel grieved at the death of his sons, and may even have felt a measure of resentment. He apparently felt that in his present state of mind his service as typical sin bearer would be quite unacceptable to God.
Hey Sarah, Mark's study Bible had this to say about Lev 10:16-20 "the priest who offered the sin offering was supposed to eat a portion of the animal and then burn the rest. Moses was angry because Eleazar and Ithamar burned the sin offering but did not eat any of it. Aaron explained to Moses that his sons did not feel it appropriate to eat the sacrifice after their two brothers, Nadab and Abuhu, had just been killeds for sacrificing wrongly. Moses then understood that Eleazar and Ithamar were not trying to disobey God. They were simply afraid and upset over what had just happened to their brothers".
I was confused about it too - I think this helped clear it up some!
Posts
6 comments:
Hello, all. Got through today's reading well...right up until the alst part of chapter 10! Verses 16-20 about Moses being upset at Aaron's sons for not eating the sin offering, then Aaron's reply to Moses that satisfied him. Anyone else unclear about how Aaron's response satisifed Moses?
So I guess today's reading helped answer my question on did everyone have to do offerings for their sins..."do this to remove your sins and the peoples sins" (Lev. 9:7)
I liked the reminder in verse 6 "you have done what the Lord has commanded so you will see the Lord's glory".
Also, the Bible I'm reading made some good points about not using the right special fire that God commanded. God has given us so much wisdom that will keep us from the awful consequences of choosing any "fire" we'd like. God provides us with some very specific living commandments in Scripture. Maybe we have chosen our own fire instead of God's fire. The consequences for our disobedience is coming. It always does. But some people just won't learn. They keep choosing the other fire over and over and others just sit back and watch as the years go by and their lives are destroyed. I for sure need to pay more attention to God's "fire" and obeying His way over my way!
I was puzzled, too, Sarah. I just pulled out the Bible commentary and here is its explanation--
Though Moses had addressed Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, and rebuked them, it was the father who answered. Aaron knew that eating the sin offering represented taking the sins of the offerer upon himself, as Moses had said. But with what had happened and his own responsibility, in part, for it, he did not feel that he could bear the sins of others. He had all he could do to bear his own. He could but feel grieved at the death of his sons, and may even have felt a measure of resentment. He apparently felt that in his present state of mind his service as typical sin bearer would be quite unacceptable to God.
Perfect...thank you Jenni.
Hey Sarah, Mark's study Bible had this to say about Lev 10:16-20 "the priest who offered the sin offering was supposed to eat a portion of the animal and then burn the rest. Moses was angry because Eleazar and Ithamar burned the sin offering but did not eat any of it. Aaron explained to Moses that his sons did not feel it appropriate to eat the sacrifice after their two brothers, Nadab and Abuhu, had just been killeds for sacrificing wrongly. Moses then understood that Eleazar and Ithamar were not trying to disobey God. They were simply afraid and upset over what had just happened to their brothers".
I was confused about it too - I think this helped clear it up some!
sorry, Jenni - I didn't see you had already commented! :-)
Post a Comment