Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying,
I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people
I will be glorified.
And Aaron held his peace.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Spoken, by this exemplary judgment. (Haydock)
We do not find the exact words recorded before: but there are some equivalent, shewing that God requires a particular sanctity in his ministers. (Chap. viii. 35; Exodus xix. 22.) The altar shall be sanctified by my glory; (Exodus xxix. 43,) may be considered as a prediction of what happened on this melancholy occasion.
Peace. Excessive grief requires silence; curæ graviores silent. "He was filled with grief. "Septuagint, adoring the judgments of God. The fortitude of Mino and Xenophon, who, upon hearing of the death of their sons, did not desist from sacrificing, is greatly admired. (Calmet)
