Leviticus 10:10

Leviticus 10:10

And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

a. NLT: You must distinguish between what is sacred and what is common, between what is ceremonially unclean and what is clean.

b. NIV: So that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,

c. YLT: So as to make a separation between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the pure;

d. Amplified Bible Classic: You shall make a distinction and recognize a difference between the holy and the common or unholy, and between the unclean and the clean;

e. Septuagint: To distinguish between sacred and profane, and between clean and unclean,

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: In order to distinguish between the sacred and the profane, and between the contaminated and the pure

1. “And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;”

a. [And that ye may] put difference [Strong: 914 badal baw-dal'; a primitive root; to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.):-- (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), X utterly.]

b. between [Strong: 996 beyn bane; (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or:--among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), X in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.]

c. holy [Strong: 6944 qodesh ko'-desh; from 6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:--consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.]

d. [and] unholy [Strong: 2455 chol khole; from 2490; properly, exposed; hence, profane:--common, profane (place), unholy.]

e. and between [Strong: 996 beyn bane; (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or:--among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), X in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.]

f. unclean [Strong: 2931 tame' taw-may' from 2930; foul in a relig. sense:--defiled, + infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.]

g. [and] clean [Strong: 2889 tahowr taw-hore' or tahor; {taw-hore'}; from 2891; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense):--clean, fair, pure(-ness).]

1). Wine and strong drink cloud judgment, lowers inhibitions.

a). Isaiah 28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

b). Proverbs 23:29-35 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

29:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

2). The prohibition was only for those who were going to do service in the Tablernacle. Before and after that service they were permitted to drink, but were forbidden to get drunk. In the case of Nadab and Abihu their judgment was surely clouded and their inhibitions were surely lowered. I will repeat what I wrote in the previous verse study.  When you study the context of this event it is understandable why such a severe punishment occurred. In Leviticus 8, 9, you have the consecration of the priesthood and consecration service for the dedication of the tabernacle. The last two verses of Leviticus 9 give us a perfect picture of what really was going on. The glory of God appears to all the congregation and the fire of God falls and consumes the sacrifice and everybody shouts and hits the floor face down.

a). Leviticus 9:23, 24 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

4). It is at this minute that Nadab and Abihu get each of their censers put fire in them and incense on the fire and go into the Tabernacle and get killed. Two different schools of thought, one teaches they just went into the Tabernacle’s Holy place, while some teach they went into the Holy of Holies. My notes up to this date 3/25/17 has me believing they entered the Holy of Holies.