161 And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord, and died;
161 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the Lord.
161 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died,
161 After the death of Aaron's two sons - they died when they came before God with strange fire - God spoke to Moses:
161 Now the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered profane fire before the Lord, and died;
161 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, who died after they entered the Lord 's presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 16:1
Commentary on Leviticus 16:1-14
(Read Leviticus 16:1-14)
Without entering into particulars of the sacrifices on the great day of atonement, we may notice that it was to be a statute for ever, till that dispensation be at an end. As long as we are continually sinning, we continually need the atonement. The law of afflicting our souls for sin, is a statue which will continue in force till we arrive where all tears, even those of repentance, will be wiped from our eyes. The apostle observes it as a proof that the sacrifices could not take away sin, and cleanse the conscience from it, that in them there was a remembrance made of sin every year, upon the day of atonement, Hebrews 10:1,3. The repeating the sacrifices, showed there was in them but a feeble effort toward making atonement; this could be done only by offering up the body of Christ once for all; and that sacrifice needed not to be repeated.