Leviticus 10:3 - Exposition

This is that the Lord spake (see Exodus 19:22 ; Exodus 28:41 ; Exodus 29:44 ; Le 8:33). God will be sanctified either by the obedience or by the punishment of those that come nigh him , that is, his priests. If they have greater privileges, they have greater perils (cf. Matthew 11:21 ). Aaron held his peace —in submission (see Psalms 39:9 ; Job 1:22 ), acknowledging that Moses had justified the act of God in executing so terrible a judgment.