Study it in the app“Moses said to Aaron, “This is what YHWH spoke, saying, ‘Among those who come near me I will be treated as holy, and before all the people I will be honored.’” And Aaron was silent.”
Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Aaron,אֶל אַהֲרֹן“This isהוּאwhatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהspoke,דִּבֶּרsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Among those who come nearבִּקְרֹבַmeיI will be treated as holy,אֶקָּדֵשׁand beforeוְעַל פְּנֵיallכָלthe peopleהָעָםI will be honored.’”אֶכָּבֵדAnd Aaronוַ אַהֲרֹןwas silent.יִּדֹּם
Moses
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsAaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” 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” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “kerova” appearsconsecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “ekadesh” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearshonor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “ekaved” appearsbe silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “yidom” appearsIt can be understood that “those who come near me” are the priests (compare 10:1-2; 21:17). The text says only that Aaron was silent.
2And fire came out from before YHWH and consumed them, and they died before YHWH.
3 · This verse (above)
4Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and said to them, “Come near, carry your brothers from before the Holy Place to outside the camp.”
