What is the meaning of Leviticus 10:11? So that The phrase sets a clear purpose statement—everything that follows is aimed at accomplishing a specific divine goal. When God gives reasons, He invites obedience that is intelligent rather than blind (Exodus 18:20, “Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live”). Since “the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10), purpose-clarity fuels true wisdom. You may teach Priests were not only sacrificers but teachers (Deuteronomy 33:10, “They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel”). The calling was proactive: • Explain what God says. • Model how God’s commands look in everyday life. Malachi 2:7 reminds us, “For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth”. By extension, every believer-priest today (1 Peter 2:9) carries a teaching responsibility—parents with children (Deuteronomy 6:6-7) and churches with disciples (Matthew 28:20). The Israelites God’s covenant community was the immediate audience. They had just witnessed Nadab and Abihu’s judgment for unauthorized fire; now they needed clear instruction. Israel was to be “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:6), yet holiness is impossible without knowing God’s standards. Romans 15:4 widens the application: “Everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction”. Therefore, what God demanded of Israel still instructs the church. All the statutes Selective obedience was never on the table. Deuteronomy 4:2 warns, “Do not add to or subtract from what I command you”. Psalm 19:7 celebrates this completeness: “The law of the LORD is perfect”. James 2:10 echoes the same principle—break one point and you’re guilty of all. Comprehensive teaching guards against the deadly drift of partial truth. That the LORD has given them The source is divine, not human. Moses did not invent these rules; “The word of the LORD is flawless” (2 Samuel 22:31). Paul later rejoices that the Thessalonians received apostolic teaching “not as the word of men, but as the word of God” (1 Thessalonians 2:13). Because God Himself speaks, the statutes carry absolute authority and unchanging relevance. Through Moses God chose a mediator; revelation came “through Moses” (John 1:17). Hebrews 3:5 declares, “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future”. Acts 7:38 calls him the one “who received living words to pass on to us”. The same pattern culminates in Christ, the greater Mediator, whose words the Father commands us to hear (Matthew 17:5). summary Leviticus 10:11 trains us to see purpose (“so that”), vocation (“you may teach”), audience (“the Israelites”), scope (“all the statutes”), source (“that the LORD has given them”), and channel (“through Moses”). God’s flawless word, delivered through His chosen servant, must be fully taught to His covenant people so they can live holy lives. The principle endures: every believer entrusted with Scripture is called to pass it on faithfully, wholly, and authoritatively for the glory of the LORD. |
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