20And when Moses heard that, he was content.
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Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-20)Moses is here directing Aaron to go on with his service after this interruption. Afflictions should rather quicken us to our duty than take us off from it. Observe (Lev. 10:12), He spoke unto Aaron and to his sons that were left . The notice taken of their survivorship intimates, 1. That Aaron should take comfort under the loss of two of his sons, from this consideration, that God had graciously s…
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