Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption,

and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hey everybody, welcome back to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. This is Stephanie,

your host through the book of Leviticus. Today we are covering chapters 10, 11, and 12.

The first few verses of chapter 10 introduce the drama that will unfold in the next portion

of the book. The dob and abihu who are Aaron's two oldest sons and part of the priesthood

are consumed by fire because they did not do what the Lord commanded. It's unclear exactly

how they diverted, but there are a few driving principles. First, God's people are to take

his commands seriously. God's holiness is to be revered by careful obedience. Also, appointed

leaders are expected to carefully and reverently obey God's commands and lead the congregation

to highly regard God's holiness and commandments. These are important and God clearly shows

Israel this right off the bat. Aaron's cousins are instructed to take their ashes outside

the camp because Aaron would become unclean if he did it himself. Again, there is an uncompromising

need for holiness. If the priests touched the dead bodies, they would defile themselves.

Moses instructs Aaron and his sons not to participate in the traditional grieving practices. Instead,

he reiterates the priest's duties. One, they were to stay sober. They were not to drink

wine or anything intoxicating. This could be why Nadab and abihu faltered. Moses tells Aaron

that the consequence of entering the tentative meeting intoxicated would be death. Two, the priests

were to teach the congregation God's laws. They were to distinguish between holy and

common and clean and unclean. Three, they were mediators and teachers. Moses then instructs

Aaron and his remaining sons to eat the priest's portion of the sin offering. They were to eat it in

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