Verse Lens · Context pointer
Leviticus 10:4 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 4. 4And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Role in This Section
This verse commissions Aaron's relatives to remove the bodies from the sanctuary area.
Read It With
- Leviticus 10:1-7
Read through 10:1-7 and watch how each actor, material, status, or command relates. Leviticus 10:4 commissions Aaron's relatives to remove the bodies from the sanctuary area; the whole unit establishes this: Nadab and Abihu offer fire not commanded, fire consumes them, their bodies are removed, and Aaron and his remaining sons receive severe mourning and movement restrictions.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 10:1-7 — Unauthorized fire brings sudden priestly death and restricted mourningSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 10:1-7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 10:1-7
Open source ↗