Leviticus 10:16

The Problem with the Inaugural Sin Offering

10:16 Later Moses sought diligently for the sin offering male goat, ¹  but it had actually been burnt. ²  So he became angry at Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, saying,

Numbers 16:15

16:15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the Lord, “Have no respect ³  for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”

Mark 3:5

3:5 After looking around ⁴  at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, ⁵  he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ 

Mark 10:14

10:14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ⁷ 

¹ sn This is the very same male goat offered in Lev 9:15 (cf. the note on Lev 10:1 above).

² tn Heb “but behold, it had been burnt” (KJV and NASB both similar).

³ tn The verb means “to turn toward”; it is a figurative expression that means “to pay attention to” or “to have regard for.” So this is a prayer against Dathan and Abiram.

⁴ tn The aorist participle περιβλεψάμενος (peribleyameno") has been translated as antecedent (prior) to the action of the main verb. It could also be translated as contemporaneous (“Looking around…he said”).

⁵ tn This term is a collective singular in the Greek text.

⁶ sn The passive was restored points to healing by God. Now the question became: Would God exercise his power through Jesus, if what Jesus was doing were wrong? Note also Jesus’ “labor.” He simply spoke and it was so.

⁷ sn The kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illustrates how everyone is important to God, even those whom others regard as insignificant.