The goat of the sin-offering, to wit, for the people, mentioned Leviticus 9:15, to know what was done with that part of it which was the priest s; which he inquired into more than into the other sacrifices, because a mistake there was easy and probable, because that matter might seem something doubtful, by reason of two laws concerning it seemingly contrary, the one Leviticus 4:21, where it is to be burned, the other Leviticus 6:26, where it was to be eaten. But they are thus reconciled: It was to be burnt when the blood of this sacrifice was brought into the holy place, Leviticus 4:16,17; and when that was not done, which Aaron this first time could not do, for the reason expressed in Leviticus 10:18, it was to be eaten, and here lay their mistake. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar: he spares Aaron at this time, as overwhelmed with sorrow, and because the rebuking of him before his sons might have exposed him to some contempt; but he knew that the reproof, though directed to them, would concern him too, as he also apprehended it. Which were left alive, preserved from death when their brethren were destroyed, which is here mentioned as an aggravation of their sin.
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Leviticus 10:16
16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,