Leviticus 21:24
New International Version
So Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

New Living Translation
So Moses gave these instructions to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

English Standard Version
So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

King James Bible
And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

New King James Version
And Moses told it to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.

NASB 1995
So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.

NASB 1977
So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.

Amplified Bible
So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the Israelites.

Christian Standard Bible
Moses said this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Moses said this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

American Standard Version
So Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Moses told all of this to Aaron, his sons, and the people of Israel.

English Revised Version
So Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Good News Translation
This, then, is what Moses said to Aaron, the sons of Aaron, and to all the people of Israel.

International Standard Version
Moses told all of this to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the Israelis.

Majority Standard Bible
Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

NET Bible
So Moses spoke these things to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.

New Heart English Bible
So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

World English Bible
So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Moses speaks to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Moses will speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all of Israel, everything that had been commanded to him.

New American Bible
Moses, therefore, told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
So Moses told it to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Moshe spoke to Ahron and his children and all the children of Israel.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
So Moses spoke unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Restrictions Against Those with Blemishes
23but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’ ” 24Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Cross References
Exodus 28:1-4
“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests. / Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor. / You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest. ...

Numbers 18:1-7
So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood. / But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony. / And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. ...

Ezekiel 44:15-16
But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD. / They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.

Hebrews 5:1-4
Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. / He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness. / That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. ...

1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Numbers 6:22-27
Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: / ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; ...

Malachi 2:4-7
Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. / True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. ...

Hebrews 7:26-28
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. / Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself. / For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

1 Timothy 3:1-7
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task. / An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, / not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. ...

Exodus 29:1-9
“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish, / along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour, / put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams. ...

1 Corinthians 9:13-14
Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

Deuteronomy 18:1-5
The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance. / Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them. / This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. ...

1 Samuel 2:28
And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.

Matthew 23:1-3
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples: / “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. / So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

2 Chronicles 26:18-20
They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.” / Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead. / When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.


Treasury of Scripture

And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

Aaron

Malachi 2:1-7
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you…

Colossians 4:17
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

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1. Of the priests' mourning
6. Of their holiness
7. Of their marriages
8. Of their estimation
9. Of the high priest's holiness
10. Of his marriage
13. The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary














So Moses spoke
The phrase "So Moses spoke" indicates the role of Moses as the intermediary between God and the people of Israel. In Hebrew, the word for "spoke" is "דִּבֶּר" (dibber), which implies not just casual conversation but a formal declaration or command. Moses, as the chosen leader and prophet, is fulfilling his duty to communicate God's laws and instructions. This highlights the importance of obedience and the transmission of divine will through appointed leaders.

to Aaron and his sons
Aaron and his sons were the appointed priests, responsible for maintaining the sanctity of the tabernacle and performing sacrifices. The Hebrew word for "sons" is "בָּנָיו" (banav), which can also mean descendants, emphasizing the hereditary nature of the priesthood. This phrase underscores the special status and responsibilities of the priestly family, who were to be examples of holiness and dedication to God.

and to all the Israelites
The inclusion of "all the Israelites" signifies that the instructions given were not just for the priests but for the entire community. The Hebrew term for Israelites is "יִשְׂרָאֵלִים" (Yisra'elim), referring to the descendants of Jacob, who was renamed Israel. This collective address emphasizes the communal aspect of the covenant and the shared responsibility of the people to uphold God's laws. It reflects the unity and identity of the Israelites as God's chosen people, bound by a common faith and purpose.

(24) And unto all the children of Israel.--These regulations about the conduct and qualifications of the priesthood, which God imparted to Moses, the latter not only communicated to the high priest and his sons the priests, but to the representatives of the people, who, as the community, had the supervision of the priests. The sacerdotal laws were administered and enforced by the elders or Sanhedrim, who were the representatives of the people. (See Leviticus 21:21.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Moses
מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

told
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

this to
אֶֽל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Aaron
אַהֲרֹ֖ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

and his sons
בָּנָ֑יו (bā·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

and to
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the Israelites.
בְּנֵ֖י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son


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