Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
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Gill's Exposition
And Moses said unto Aaron,.... Upon this awful occasion, and in order to quiet and humble him under the mighty hand of God:
this is it that the Lord spoke, saying; but when he spoke it, and where it…
Barnes' Notes
Rather, I will sanctify myself in them that come near to me (i. e. the priests), and I will glorify myself before all the people. The words used by Moses on this occasion are not found elsewhere in…
Adam Clarke
And Aaron held his peace - וידם אהרן vaiyiddom Aharon, and Aaron was dumb. How elegantly expressive is this of his parental affection, his deep sense of the presumption of his sons, and his own…
We may well think that when Nadab and Abihu were struck with death all about them were struck with horror, and every face, as well as theirs, gathered blackness. Great consternation, no doubt, seized…
Cambridge Bible
I will be sanctified The words seem to be a quotation and are in poetical parallelism:
"In them that come nigh me I will shew myself holy,
And before all the people I will glorify myself."
The sense…
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