Study it in the app“Aaron spoke to Moses, “Look, today they have presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before YHWH, and things like these have happened to me; if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the eyes of YHWH?””
Aaronאַהֲרֹןspokeוַיְדַבֵּרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Look,הֵןtodayהַיּוֹםthey have presentedהִקְרִיבוּtheir sin offeringחַטָּאתָםand their burnt offeringוְ עֹלָתָםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהand things like theseכָּאֵלֶּהhave happenedוַתִּקְרֶאנָהto me;אֹתִיif I had eatenוְאָכַלְתִּיa sin offeringחַטָּאתtoday,הַיּוֹםwould it have been goodהַיִּיטַבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH?”יְהוָה
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsbring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hikrivu” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatata” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olata” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsbefall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “tikrena” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalti” appearsgo well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsThe text gives Aaron’s question and says that “it was good in his eyes” for Moses (v. 20); it explains no further. It can be understood that on a day of such misfortune Aaron did not feel fit to eat the holy meat.
18Look, its blood was not brought into the Holy Place within; you should certainly have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.”
19 · This verse (above)
20Moses heard this, and it was good in his eyes.
