Week 47, Day 4: Not Treated as Holy
Today’s Reading: Leviticus 10:1 – 11:47
Some thoughts from the reading..
Chapter 10 is mainly devoted to events related to the sin of Nadab & Abihu. They offer “strange fire”. This is fire that God had not given them instruction to give. It has been suggested that perhaps this means that they obtained the fire from a different location than where they were supposed to. It is not specified exactly what this phrase means other than they had not been commanded to do so. This keeps with the repeated “theme” of stating things were done just as God had instructed them.
This event is recorded just after Aaron and his sons had been consecrated to be priests. No exact timing is given for how long it was between their consecration and this event but it seems noteworthy to say that they should have known better. They had obviously been instructed on what to do, how to do it and here they are already deviating from God’s commands. We can see from this that God regarded this deviation with contempt. The Lord had told them that He was to be treated as Holy and to be honored before all the people. This action of disobedience was a mark of not treating God as holy and as not honoring Him. Disobedience shows a disrespect for God. We may think it is nothign big to alter things but keep this account in mind. Are we “splitting hairs” as some would accuse today to say that we need to find our guidance for worship and service to God within the scriptures? Or is it a manner of treating God as holy and showing Him honor.
Question: Why were Aaron and his sons not allowed to mourn over the loss of Nadab & Abihu?
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