Leviticus 10:19-20

10:19 But Aaron spoke to Moses, “See here! Just today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord and such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten a sin offering today would the Lord have been pleased?” 10:20 When Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

Joshua 22:30

22:30 When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, they were satisfied.


tn Or “Behold!” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “See.”

tn Heb “today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and like these things have happened to me, and (if) I had eaten sin offering today would it be good in the eyes of the Lord?” The idiom “would it be good in the eyes of [the Lord]” has been translated “would [the Lord] have been pleased.” Cf. NRSV “would it have been agreeable to the Lord?”; CEV, NLT “Would the Lord have approved?”

tn Heb “it was good in his eyes” (an idiom). Cf. KJV “he was content”; NLT “he approved.”

tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”