Shemini

Parashas Shemini

Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47

Haftarah

Second Schmuel “Second Samuel” 6:1-7:17

Brit Chadasha

Markus “Mark” 7:1-23

Please Pray this

Prayer

First before reading.

In the name of Yahushua

Our Messiyah,

I pray for the Spirit of Understanding

The Spirit of Knowledge and

The Spirit of Wisdom

As I read through this Parashas

This is the 26^th Parashas in the Torah Cycle, and Shemini is the Aramaic word mean eighth. The number eight is also the numerical value of the Aramaic word for circumcision, which also has a direct spiritual connection to understanding.

A connection to Binah understanding helps us to internalize the information we constantly absorb during the day and convert into knowledge that understands with our heart, not just our head.

It is the kind of understanding that we need to achieve to be able to connect to the light and to help others do so as well.

 At the end of Parashas Tzav, Aaron and his sons, the Mighty Hand of Elohim were instructed to remain in the Tent of Meeting for seven full days while Moses preformed the inauguration service, which began on the twenty third day Adar.

Each day for seven days Moses performed the entire service himself. The inauguration period climaxed with the consecration of Aaron and his sons as Kohanim on the eight-day, the day of new beginning. From that day onward, only the Kohanim were eligible to perform the Tabernacle Service.

This chapter begins on the first day of the first month, the month of Nissan, the eight day of the inauguration service. On that day, the Tabernacle was erected permanently and the Kohanim assumed their new role. This Parashas describe the special service the newly consecrated Kohanim performed on the day they achieved their new status.

Lev 9:1 And on the eighth day it came to be that Mosheh called Aharon and his sons and the elders of Yisra’ĕl. – The first month the month of Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac, control all 12 signs. The nature of all vessels is the Desire to receive. Desire in and of itself is not negative. It is what we do with it, whether we share or whether we are selfish that is what matter.

The constellation of Aries, which activate our desire to receive for the self alone. We need to be aware, however, that even acts of sharing can come out of a selfish heart. This is why it is so important to reflect constantly on our motives when sharing with others.

On the eighth day, the day of new beginning, Moses sadly called Aaron and his sons along with the elders, and reminded them why the Tabernacle was build; the sin of the Golden Calf had far reaching result.

The Hebrew word () a word that is often used to indicate what trouble or grief is associated with the narrative. What sadness could there be on the first day of the year? Except for the realization that the Children of Yisrael had lost a glorious opportunity to be the Tabernacle of the Shekinah instead, a structure had to be built in place of them.

Lev 9:2 and he said to Aharon, “Take for yourself a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, a perfect one, and bring them before יהוה. Before you and your son go before EL YAHWEH, you must bring a young bull, the highest form of sacrifice. We know today that, that bull was a representation of El Yahushua our Messiyah. He was, He is, and He will always be our sin offering and our burnt offering. No man goes to the Father except Thought Him.

The discussion of the sacrifices here teaches us that personal sacrifice is needed to connect to the power of the light. We have to give up momentary pleasure to gain eternal fulfillment.

Lev 9:3 “And speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘Take a male goat as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, perfect ones, as a burnt offering, - We also know that Aaron and his sons are in the Holy of Holies spiritually, they are require to bring the Bull offering. The ordinary people the nation of Yisrael as a whole in a holy people, they too dwells in the Holy Place spiritually, they must bring a lamb or a calf, which also had to be perfect.

Lev 9:4 and a bull and a ram as peace offerings, to slaughter before יהוה , and a grain offering mixed with oil. For today יהוה  shall appear to you. – The priesthood and the set apart people, the nation of Yisrael, must bring their offering daily. They must bring their peace offering, their grain offering mixed with the anointing, the Holy Spirit, for EL YAHWEH require to meet with us every day.

Lev 9:5 And they took what Mosheh commanded before the Tent of Meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before יהוה . – Aaron and his sons took the offering of the bull and ram and the grain offering to the entrance of the tent of meeting according to what Moses was commanded to do. Today the church say that what Moses was command to do is nail to the cross, the principle was never nail to the cross the curse of our sin was nail to the cross.

Lev 9:6 And Mosheh said, “This is the service which יהוה  commanded you to do, so that the esteem of יהוה  appears to you.” – Moses said to Aaron and his sons, this is the service that EL YAHWEH require of the Mighty Hand Ministry, that will cause the Shekinah may appear to the people. It is the same today; the Fivefold ministry must minister, or led the people to perfect righteousness that they will become the individual Tabernacle of the Presence of ELOHIM. This is the whole purpose of Creation.

Lev 9:7 And Mosheh said to Aharon, “Go to the altar, and prepare your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. And make the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as יהוה  has commanded.” – Every human high Priest because of the nature of humanity must first make atonement for them self, before they can make atonement for others. That is why he could only go into the Holy Place one a year. Today we have a High Priest who was absolutely perfect; His Name is El Yahushua, who sits at the Right Hand of YAHWEH permanently, ever making atonement for us.

Whenever Aaron the High priest, in our days Yahushua performed the sacrifices, He focus on the needs of the people. As Kohen HaGadol (High Priest), His spiritual work was and is draw down the Light for others, a job for which He had been chosen by Yahweh.

Likewise, when we do our spiritual work, our focus should be on sharing. When we receive light we have to share it. At every moment of our spiritual work, we should be thinking of others.

Lev 9:8 So Aharon came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. – The drawback of humanity, dictates that this act has to be done, until we all reach perfection.

Lev 9:9 And the sons of Aharon brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar. – Aaron had to offer the sacrifice exactly the way it had to be done; there is no other way around it. Without the shedding of blood there can be no redemption.

Lev 9:10 And the fat, and the kidneys, and the appendage on the liver of the sin offering he burned on the altar, as יהוה  had commanded Mosheh. – Apparently there was no fire in the Tabernacle until verse 24 when the Fire from Heavens came and lights the fire on the Brazen Altar. This verse seems to imply that Aaron place the necessary offering on the Altar as he was commanded to do.

Lev 9:11 And the flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp. – However, the flesh and the skin he set apart to be burn in the right place outside of the camp as he was required to do. The question I will ask is, did he use the fire from Heavens to ignite the fire outside the camp. This would seem to be the logical thing to do, but there is no command to do so.

Lev 9:12 And he slaughtered the burnt offering, and the sons of Aharon presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar all around. – Aaron continue to perform the ritual prescribe by Moses, with the slaughtering of the offering and the sprinkling of blood.

Lev 9:13 And they presented the burnt offering to him, with its pieces and head, and he burned them on the altar. – As Aaron sons presents the offering to him, so we must presents our offering to our High Priest, that He may bring it to our Father.

Lev 9:14 And he washed the entrails and the legs, and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar. – He also washes the inner organs and legs and presents them as a burnt offering, also to El Yahushua.

Lev 9:15 And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slaughtered it and made it a sin offering, like the first one. – The High Priest is the one who must bring the offering of the people and offer it as the required offering, at the right time in the right place.

Lev 9:16 And he brought the burnt offering and made it, according to the right ruling. – Right ruling comes from EL YAHWEH, if HE says this is the way it is, then that the way it should be.

Lev 9:17 He also brought the grain offering, and filled his hand with it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning. – Continuing on the same principle, we are been instructed to do all the required offering according to the required ritual is an everlasting principle.

Lev 9:18 And he slaughtered the bull and the ram as peace offerings, which were for the people. And Aharon’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar all around, - We do know that we do not have to kill any animal any more, for El Yahushua is our Sacrifice, Bull, Lamb, and Goat, slaying from the foundation of the world. However, we are still required to bring the cost of the offering, been offered.

Lev 9:19 and the fat from the bull and the ram, the fat tail, and the covering, and the kidneys, and the appendage on the liver, - a repeat of the ritual is to help cement in our mind the requirement for doing things the right way.

Lev 9:20 and they placed the fat on the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar. –

Lev 9:21 But the breasts and the right thigh Aharon waved as a wave offering before יהוה , as Mosheh had commanded. –

Lev 9:22 Aharon then lifted up his hand toward the people and blessed them, and came down from making the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. - When Aaron had done all that on his part was to be done about the sacrifices he lifted up his hand towards the people, and blessed them. This was one part of the priest’s work, in which he was a type of Messiyah, who came into the world to bless us, and when he was parted from his disciples, at his ascension, lifted up his hands and blessed them, and in them his whole church, of which they were the elders and representatives, as the great high priest of our profession. Aaron lifted up his hands in blessing them, to intimate whence he desired and expected the blessing to come, even from heaven, which is YAH’s throne. Aaron could but crave a blessing; it is YAH’s prerogative to command it. Aaron, when he had blessed, came down; Messiyah, when he blessed, went up.

After Aaron blessed the people, the Divine Presence the Shechina entered the Tabernacle. That was the first time there was ever a place in this physical world for the Creator to be present in a physical sense. The Tabernacle was a Vessel for the Light, as our body today is to be the Tabernacle for the Holy Spirit so that the light can dwell within us.

Lev 9:23 And Mosheh and Aharon went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out and blessed the people. And the esteem of יהוה  appeared to all the people, - The result of performing the rituals according to the requirements prescribe by Torah, will cause the Shekinah to the people. We are not told what Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle to do. Some of the Jewish writers say, "They went in to pray for the appearance of the divine glory;’’ most probably they went in that Moses might instruct Aaron how to do the service that was to be done there, burn incense, light the lamps, set the show-bread, etc., that he might instruct his sons in it. But, when they came out, they both joined in blessing the people, who stood expecting the promised appearance of the divine glory; and it was now (when Moses and Aaron concurred in praying) that they had what they waited for. YAH’s manifestations of himself, of his glory and grace, are commonly given in answer to prayer. When Messiyah was praying the heavens were opened, Lu. 3:21. The glory of Messiyah appeared, not while the sacrifices were in offering, but when the priests prayed (as 2 Chr. 5:13), when they praised YAHWEH, which intimates that the prayers and praises of YAH’s spiritual priests are more pleasing to YAHWEH than all burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

When the solemnity was finished, the blessing pronounced, and the congregation ready to be dismissed, in the close of the day, then YAHWEH testified his acceptance, which gave them such satisfaction as was well worth waiting for.

The glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. What the appearance of it was we are not told; no doubt it was such as carried its own evidence along with it. The glory which filled the tabernacle (Ex. 40:34) now showed itself at the door of the tabernacle to those who attended there, as a prince shows himself to the expecting crowd, to gratify them. YAHWEH hereby testified of their gifts, and showed them that he was worthy for whom they should do all this. Those that diligently attend upon YAHWEH in the way he has appointed shall have such a sight of his glory as shall be abundantly to their satisfaction. Those that dwell in YAH’s house with an eye of faith may behold the beauty of ABBA YAHWEH.

Lev 9:24 and fire came out from before יהוה  and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. And all the people saw and cried aloud and fell on their faces. – The consuming Fire of the Shekinah came down and ignites the fire that consumed the offering. If it were not done in the right way, this would never happen. That why it is mandatory for us, to put aside human or man made practices for the establish protocol of Torah.

This chapter explains a sad part of the journey of the children of Yisrael to the promise land. The death of two people who should never had died. They were two people who should have known better, they spent seven day practicing before the dedication of the tabernacle. They were warned by Moses to make sure the Tabernacle was build according to the directions specified by Moses.

Just when the joy of the inauguration ritual had reached its peak, tragedy stuck. Two of Aaron’s sons, men who should have known better. Men who Moses, described as an outstanding sons of the nation. Those who had risen to the position of priest in Yisrael are such men. They perform that which was not authorizing in the Temple service.

In the redeemed community, we see an avalanche of man made commandments and we make it part of our belief system, we never learn from the death of Aaron two sons.

Nadab and Abihu erred in bringing their own incense into the Holy Place, I believe that they had good intention, but like the man who touches the Ark of the Covenant when he saw it falling, good intention is no reason to do that which we are commanded not to do. They took it upon themselves to do so.

Chapter 10

Lev 10:1 And Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu, the sons of Aharon, each took his fire holder and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and brought strange fire before יהוה , which He had not commanded them. – This verse relates to the death of the sons of Aaron, Nadav and Avihu. Although they were among the highest soul in the nation, they could still be affected by Satan, which demonstrates that regardless of our spiritual level, we are always vulnerable to our opponent.

Aaron’s sons thought that because the light had entered the world, it means that humanity had reach the critical mass necessary to defeat Satan forever and that the battle between good and bad was over. But although the people were in the presence of the light, they had not yet been completely imbued with the light a vital requirement for the completely and final obliteration of Satan.

They were sons of Aaron, but they slighted him by acting on their own, without consulting him. They acted independently, without discussing the matter with one another. Can you imagine two of your finger on your right hand all of a sudden begins to act independent of the other three fingers; it would no longer be the mighty hand, but a hand that was dysfunctional.

They took fire from the altar and place in their own fire holder. Much like what the Christian churches does today. Their own feast days, their own Sabbath. Amo 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies. Just maybe this rebellion was a prophetic indicator of a time when the Priesthood would create their own form of praise and worship. This verse teaches us the significant of doing exactly what EL YAHWEH says we are to do. This is the presumptuous sin David spoke of; when he said keep me from presumptuous sin.

The Altar of Burnt Offering was the prescribe location for the burning of incense, now Aaron’s boys was replacing it with their own fire pots. This is in tune with Christianity replacing the Torah with the New Testament, or replacing the Altar of Showbread with their own version.

Lev 10:2 And fire came out from יהוה  and consumed them, and they died before יהוה . – The Consuming Fire of YAHWEH will always consume that which is not of Him, and they perished. Those of us who believe that our good intention is reason enough, we need to think again. I often hear believer say that He is a loving God, He understand, no He does not.

Instead of the Fire from EL YAHWEH becoming their glory and resting on them, it became their consuming fire and destroys them. This is similar to the Word of Elohim been a double-edged sword, which can cut both for good and for bad.

Lev 10:3 Then Mosheh said to Aharon, “This is what יהוה  spoke, saying, ‘By those who come near Me let Me be set-apart! And before all the people let Me be esteemed!’ ” And Aharon was silent. – The fire that consumed them was a Divine statement; it was the wordless message of EL YAHWEH’S intent that this was not acceptable. The Shekinah Glory must sanctify the Tabernacle, not the glory of man as the two sons of Aaron tried to accomplish.

EL YAHWEH, Tabernacle will be sanctified by those who seek to come close to Him according to His plan, not according to mans desire. Moses says that he knew that the Tabernacle would be sanctified through someone in whom Elohim’s glory reposes; that person is El Yahushua. I believe Aaron, like Eve was very zealous in their desire to accomplish this most lofty of task, that they over step their boundary. At Mount Sinai, EL YAHWEH warned Moses to set a boundary around the mountain, less the people in their zealousness try to come up the mountain and be killed.

EL YAHWEH imposed strict justice even upon the righteous; He must be feared and honored. That is why; one of the seven Spirits is the Spirit of the Fear of Elohim. It is common in human society that leaders maintain a higher standard of behavior than ordinary people. EL YAHWEH demands higher standard from His ministers and deal stricter with their lapses. The statement, to whom much is given, much is expected.

Lev 10:4 And Mosheh called to Misha’ĕl and to Eltsaphan, the sons of Uzzi’ĕl the uncle of Aharon, and said to them, “Come near, take your brothers from before the set-apart place out of the camp.” – I believe that the remain of the body was mere coal, it is inconceivable that a dead body could be present in the Tabernacle. It would have been a violation of the Sanctuary, and it would have to be sanctified for seven days.

It was the next of kin, not the brothers of their father who perform the burial, for they would have to take of their garment and go outside the camp.  It was there granduncle that did the burial.

Lev 10:5 So they came near and took them by their long shirts out of the camp, as Mosheh had said. – As one commentator said the fire came and burns their body and left the cloth intact. Very possible, for a dead body of any sort would contaminate the area.

In order not to interfere with the joy of the inauguration, Elohim forbade the usual expression of grief even to the brothers of Nadad and Abihu.

Lev 10:6 And Mosheh said to Aharon, and to Elʽazar and to Ithamar, his sons, “Do not unbind your heads nor tear your garments, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brothers, all the house of Yisra’ĕl, bewail the burning which יהוה  has kindled. – The message or the principle been taught here is that a true Hebrew should always try to accept EL YAHWEH’S justice with faith, as Aaron and his two other sons were commanded to do. The prime directive of Aaron and his sons were to minister to the people that should not stop for any reason, as El Yahushua said, let the dead buried the Dead, Matthew 8:22; Luke 9:6.

Lev 10:7 “And do not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of יהוה  is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Mosheh. – In the process of administering in the Tabernacle, a minister or priest should never leave their post. It is an everlasting covenant, much like a solder deserting his post.

Lev 10:8 And יהוה  spoke to Aharon, saying, - One of the rare moment that EL YAHWEH actually spoke to Aaron directly. It was like a direct command from the Commander and Chief to one of His Generals.

Lev 10:9 “Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, lest you die – a law forever throughout your generations, - The incident with the boys create or exposed a problem with human character. I keep telling believers, that I view sin differently from most people, while it is a violation of Torah principles. It also exposes our human tendencies. The question everyone who sin need to asked is, what is the prevailing principle behind my action? When we determine why, then we are more likely to plug the hole, or repair character traits that support such an action.

Yahweh commanded Aaron and his two remaining sons, Elazar and Ithamar, not to do any work in the Tabernacle when they were intoxicated with wine, thus reminding us that we should not be intoxicated by any substance when we connect with the light. The light is the only force that elevates us. This does not mean it is wrong to drink at other times; what count counts is our consciousness.

Now EL YAHWEH is putting in place further restrictions to curtail any further violation of the Tabernacle. We as believers should take the same appreciate to sanctifying our individual Tabernacle. When anyone of the Mighty Hand Ministry, minister in the Tabernacle or anyone of the five Altar, they should not consume any toxic drink before going on duty. Zero tolerance.

Lev 10:10 so as to make a distinction between the set-apart and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean, - The whole purpose of Torah is to make a distinction between clean and unclean, holy and unholy. Every single commandment forms part of the process in sanctifying an individual. Our obedience to the commandments determine how righteous we are, some people can be more righteous than some, Genesis 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more; I Samuel 24:17; I Kings 2:32; Ezekile 15:52; Hab 1:13  You art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore looks You upon them that deal treacherously, and holds thy tongue when the wicked devoured the man that is more righteous than he?.

Lev 10:11 and to teach the children of Yisra’ĕl all the laws which יהוה  has spoken to them by the hand of Mosheh. – Since we know that there are degrees of righteousness, the responsibility of the Mighty Hand is to teach the people how to achieve righteousness. By teaching the people to be obedient to all the laws, we are in essence teaching the people righteousness.

Verse 12 –20 On the day a close relative dies, the mourner is known as an onen, and the laws governing his status are more stringent than those of the following days. Although the Kohen Gadol is required to perform his Temple service even as an onen other Kohanim are forbidden to do so. The period of the Tabernacle’s inauguration was an exception to this rule, in that all Kohanim were required to continue their sacrificial service, including the eating of the sacrifice meal; but the extent of this dispensation became a matter of controversy between Moses and Aaron in the following verses.

The question been debated was this: were the Kohanim permitted to eat from the entire offering on that day, or were they permitted to eat only some of the offering.

The answer to the question varies with the nature of the offering. Two kind of offering were brought on that day. Some were kodshei shaah offering that were brought exclusively for that occasion and would never again be repeated, while the other were kodshei doros, offering that were part of the regular tabernacle service and would be brought again in the future.

Moses had command them to eat the meal offering, which was a special inauguration service. The questions did this command extend to other offerings as well? Logic might dictate that the mourning Kohanim was to eat only the offering that could never be brought again, because they were similar to the meal offering.

Lev 10:12 And Mosheh spoke to Aharon, and to Elʽazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left, “Take the grain offering that is left over from the offerings made by fire to יהוה , and eat it without leaven beside the altar, for it is most set-apart. – Moses told Aaron that even though he was in mourning for his sons, Aaron needed to continue to perform his job as Kohen HaGadol. This teaches us that no matter how despondent we become, we cannot forget about our work, our daily prayers, and the connection we need.

Although it is forbidden to eat the meal offering, Moses informed the rest of the sons to make this day an exception. The lesson been teach here is that if EL YAHWEH does not specifically tell us to do a specific task, or even to bypass one of His Commandments, we have no right to nail them to the cross as we are so often told.

Lev 10:13 “And you shall eat it in a set-apart place, because it is yours by law and your sons’ by law, of the offerings made by fire to יהוה , for so I have been commanded. – As Holy People, we are set apart to determine if we are worthy to receive the Shekinah Glory. When we eat the set apart food, for example the Torah it must be done in a set apart place, in a set apart way. Aaron’s two sons might have done it in a set apart place, but not in a set apart way. Not because a place is called a place a church, does not make it a church.

Lev 10:14 “And the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution you eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you. For they are yours by law and your sons’ by law, which are given from the slaughtering of peace offerings of the children of Yisra’ĕl. – The breast of the wave offering for your son, that they may have strength, and the Thigh of the raising up offering for your daughter, that they may be bless with abundant of children. Our children were given to us by the law, set forth in Genesis when Adam was told to go forth and multiply. Genesis 1:22 And YAHWEH blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth; 1:28 And EL YAHWEH blessed them, and YAHWEH said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moved upon the earth. – As believers we have so forgotten that we are commanded to be fruitful, multiply and replenish.

Lev 10:15 “The thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering they bring with the offerings of fat made by fire, to bring as a wave offering before יהוה . And it shall be yours and your sons’ with you, by a law forever, as יהוה  has commanded. – As believers we are to practice these statues, on behalf of our children. No wonder the children of most Pastors today are spiritually worst off than there furthers. When the son and daughter of a priest fall by the wayside, I can almost guarantee they did not practice these commandments.

Three goats are usually offered as sin offering that day. One was the special offering of Nachshon, the tribal leader of Judah Number 7:12-17; the second was for the inauguration of the Tabernacle numbers 9:3, both of the above were kodshei shaah, which would never be offered again; the third goat was for the sin offering of Rosh Codesh Numbers 28:15.

Previously, Moses had instructed the Kohanim that they should eat the meal offering, both of which were kodshei shaal, and the Kohanim had done so. As noted above, that was an exception to the general rule, because even a Kohen Gadol who may perform the service as an onen may not eat offering in that state.

The question facing Aaron and his sons was whether Moses command regarding the meal offering should apply to all three of them?

Although EL YAHWEH had commanded that the kohanim eat despite their onen status, it remained for Moses and Aaron to determine the circumstances to which the command applied. Moses Though that the command should apply to all the offering, including kosshei doros, so that the Kohanim should eat the goat of Rosh Chodesh.

 Aaron, however, reasoned that since the direct command concerned the meal offering, which were kodshei shaal, it should apply only to the goat of Nachshon and the inauguration, which were also kodshei shaah.

Since the goat of Rosh Kodesh was kodshei doros, Aaron held that it was forbidden for him and his sons to eat it as meal. This is the first time in Torah that reason is used to define the parameters of the laws.

Lev 10:16 And Mosheh diligently looked for the goat of the sin offering and saw it was burned up. And he was wroth with Elʽazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aharon who were left, saying, -  The he goat of the sin offering, since this phrase is in the singular, it is evidence that only one sin offering had been burned, not eaten. Which of the three was it? Some may say it was the goat of Rosh Chodesh, which would be done every month, therefore Moses command would not apply to it.

Lev 10:17 “Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a set-apart place, since it is most set-apart, and Elohim has given it to you to bear the crookedness of the congregation, to make atonement for them before יהוה ? – There is a dispute in this section between Moses and Aaron’s remaining two sons regarding the sacrifices. Although all three were dedicated to Yahweh’s work, they did not all agree on the best way to do it. It is important in our own dispute to recognize that the other person may be dedicated to the same ends as we are, although he or she has an alternate viewpoint about how best to carry out the work.

By respecting the knowledge and the input of others, as well as treating them with human dignity, we can arrive at a peaceful solution to our disputes. All too often when we argue with someone, we tend to see that person only in terms of what we dislike about them.

We should restrict our argument to the specific issue at hand and not allow it to be blown out of proportion by any other long standing difficulties with that person.  If it was indeed only one offering that was burnt, and it was Rosh Chodesh, the New Moon offering, Moses had no reason to question Aaron sincerity.

The expression in the Hebrew sense implies that it was double inquiry, meaning that Moses had two questions: Why have you burned the New Moon offering? And why have you eaten the other offering? Therefore your actions are contrary to Torah.

This incident teaches us that even for a person at the mature level of Moses must never stop studying and seeking an even deeper and broader understanding of the Torah.

Moses erred because he became angry. Had it not been for his anger, he would have analyzed what happened and realized that the Kohanim had acted properly.

Even great people have shortcomings. This lesson is to teach us that we may learn from their errors just as we learn from their virtues. If the master of all prophets could err due to anger, then surely the rest of us must learn to control our emotions.

Lev 10:18 “See, its blood was not brought inside the set-apart place. You should have eaten it without fail in a set-apart place, as I have commanded.” – If it was indeed the New Moon offering, was the blood needed to be brought into the set apart place. I do not think so. Even in the ministry, mature believers can have false assumption.

Lev 10:19 And Aharon said to Mosheh, “See, today they have brought their sin offering and their burnt offering before יהוה , and matters like these have come to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been right in the eyes of יהוה ? – From verse 16 we see that Moses had address his harsh queries to Aaron’s sons, they did not respond, it would have been disrespectful for them to speak up in their father’s presence and for them to take issue with their teacher Moses.

We can deduce from Aaron’s response that he was responding to another possible reason why they might have burnt the offering. Since the service of an onen is disqualified, the offering that they perform would have had to be burned. To dispel this idea, Aaron said that it was not they, but he, The Kohem Gadol, who had performed the day’s entire service, and a Kohen Gadol is permitted to serve as an onen.

However, Aaron went on to say, even Though the service was properly performed, no one was permitted to eat the offering, for even a Kohen Gadol may not eat while he is an onen. Now that this tragedy has made him an onen, and therefore disqualified him from eating the sacrificial meat. Would it have been proper for even Aaron to eat the New Moon offering? Surely EL YAHWEH would not have approved. Plus the incident with the death of my others two sons I am extra careful.

Lev 10:20 And when Mosheh heard that, it was good in his eyes. -  As soon as Moses heard Aaron’s reasoning, he conceded that Aaron was right. In a demonstration of the humility that was at the essence of his greatness, Moses did not attempt to defend his position.