And the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
And the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died;
And the Lord said to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they took in strange fire before the Lord and death overtook them;
And the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died:
Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died;
And the LORD spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD, and died;
After the death of the two sons of Aaron - It appears from this verse that the natural place of this chapter is immediately after the tenth, where probably it originally stood; but the transposition, if it did take place, must be very ancient, as all the versions acknowledge this chapter in the place in which it now stands.
The reference to the death of Nadab and Abihu is a notice of the occasion on which the instructions were given, well calculated to add point and emphasis to the solemn admonition to the high priest in the second verse. The death of his sons Leviticus 10:2, for drawing near to Yahweh in an unauthorized manner, was to serve as a warning to Aaron himself never to transgress in this respect.