Leviticus 10:12
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל אֶלְעָזָר וְאֶל־אִיתָמָר׀ בָּנָיו הַנּֽוֹתָרִים קְחוּ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה הַנּוֹתֶרֶת מֵאִשֵּׁי יְהוָה וְאִכְלוּהָ מַצּוֹת אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כִּי קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים הִֽוא׃
✦ Hebrew interlinear
Tap a word to see its entry
✦ The same verse in five languages
וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן וְאֶ֣ל אֶ֠לְעָזָר וְאֶל־אִ֨יתָמָ֥ר׀ בָּנָיו֮ הַנּֽוֹתָרִים֒ קְח֣וּ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֗ה הַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ מֵאִשֵּׁ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְאִכְל֥וּהָ מַצּ֖וֹת אֵ֣צֶל הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ כִּ֛י קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים הִֽוא׃
Καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς Ἀαρὼν καὶ πρὸς Ἐλεαζὰρ καὶ Ἰθαμὰρ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀαρὼν τοὺς καταλειφθέντας Λάβετε τὴν θυσίαν τὴν καταλειφθεῖσαν ἀπὸ τῶν καρπωμάτων Κυρίου, καὶ φάγεσθε ἄζυμα παρὰ τὸ θυσιαστήριον· ἅγια ἁγίων ἐστίν.
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
Locutusque est Moyses ad Aaron, et ad Eleazar, et Ithamar, filios ejus, qui erant residui: Tollite sacrificium, quod remansit de oblatione Domini, et comedite illud absque fermento juxta altare, quia Sanctum sanctorum est.
Moisés les dijo a Aarón y a los hijos que le quedaban, Eleazar e Itamar: “Tomen la ofrenda de cereal que sobró de las ofrendas hechas por fuego a Yehová, y cómanla sin levadura junto al altar, porque es una ofrenda muy santa.
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
Y Moisés dijo á Aarón, y á Eleazar y á Ithamar, sus hijos que habían quedado: Tomad el presente que queda de las ofrendas encendidas á Jehová, y comedlo sin levadura junto al altar, porque es cosa muy santa.
And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “ Take the grain offering that remains from the offerings made by fire to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
✦ What the text says
Summary
Moses speaks to Aaron and his remaining sons Eleazar and Ithamar, instructing them to take the leftover grain offering from the fire offerings of Yehovah and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is a most holy thing.
Key words
- ha.no.ta.Rim ("who remained", H3498) — niphal participle masculine plural with definite article, modifying Aaron's sons as "the ones who remained/were left," referring to the surviving priestly line after the deaths of Nadab and Abihu.
- ha.no.Te.ret ("which remains", H3498) — same niphal participle root as above but feminine singular, agreeing with min.Chah ("grain offering", H4503G); the repetition of this root links the surviving sons to the surviving portion of offering.
- 'i.Shei ("fire offerings of", H0801) — masculine plural construct, forming a construct chain with Yehovah, meaning "the fire offerings belonging to Yehovah."
- Ko.desh ("holy thing of", H6944G) — masculine singular construct joined to ka.da.Shim ("holy things", H6944G), the same root repeated in construct + plural form to create a superlative expression.
- hi' ("it/she", H1931) — feminine singular personal pronoun, resuming min.Chah (feminine) as the subject of the final clause.
What the text says
The verse opens with the narrative verb y.da.Ber ("he spoke", H1696G) in the piel stem, followed by the subject mo.Sheh ("Moses", H4872) and a series of prepositional phrases marked by 'el ("to", H0413) naming Aaron, Eleazar, and Ithamar. The phrase ba.Na... ha.no.ta.Rim ("his sons... who remained") uses the niphal participle of the root no.ta.Rim ("remained", H3498) to describe the sons as "the ones remaining," a designation that appears grammatically parallel to the description of the offering itself a few words later.
The imperative ke.Chu ("take", H3947G), qal stem, introduces the command, with 'et (H0853) marking the direct object ha.min.Chah ("the grain offering", H4503G). This offering is further specified by another niphal participle, ha.no.Te.ret ("which remains", H3498), sharing the same root as the earlier description of the sons — creating a lexical link between "those who remained" and "what remained" from the fire offerings ('i.Shei Yehovah). The second imperative 'ikh.Lu ("eat", H0398) carries a pronominal suffix ha ("it", H9034) referring back to the grain offering, and is qualified by ma.Tzot ("unleavened breads", H4682) and the locative 'E.tzel ha.miz.Be.ach ("beside the altar", H0681/H4196).
The closing clause gives the reason (ki, "for", H3588A) using a construct chain Ko.desh ka.da.Shim ("holy thing of holy things", H6944G repeated), a grammatical structure in which the noun is repeated in singular construct plus plural absolute to intensify meaning, followed by the resumptive pronoun hi' ("it", H1931) agreeing in gender with min.Chah.
Differences between versions
The LXX renders y.da.Ber ("he spoke") with εἶπεν ("he said"), a different but semantically related verb. The LXX also renders Ko.desh ka.da.Shim as ἅγια ἁγίων ("holy of holies"), while the Vulgate uses "Sanctum sanctorum" — both preserving the construct-repetition structure, whereas the English BSB and RV1909 translate it as a superlative adjective ("most holy" / "cosa muy santa") rather than as a repeated noun construction.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.