THEOSISAmbrose of Milan
Whoever adheres to divine righteousness should offer a sacrifice: O Lord, may His virtue be blessed, and may You accept the fruits of His labor (Deuteronomy 33:10-11), so that He may receive the grace of prophetic blessing.
Deuteronomy 33:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar.
יוֹר֤וּ מִשְׁפָּטֶ֙יךָ֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב וְתוֹרָתְךָ֖ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יָשִׂ֤ימוּ קְטוֹרָה֙ בְּאַפֶּ֔ךָ וְכָלִ֖יל עַֽל־מִזְבְּחֶֽךָ׃
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Theodoret of Cyrus
This occurred during the time when the people were facing discipline. For Aaron, by presenting incense, he averted the destruction that had been decreed from above.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Lev 10:11And may teach the children of Israel all my ordinances which the Lord hath spoken to them by the hand of Moses.
- Ps 51 (50):19
- Ezek 43:27And the days being expired, on the eighth day and thenceforward, the priests shall offer your holocausts upon the altar, and the peace offerings: and I will be pacified towards you, saith the Lord God.
- Deut 17:9And thou shalt come to the priests of the Levitical race, and to the judge, that shall be at that time: and thou shalt ask of them, and they shall shew thee the truth of the judgment.
- Deut 17:11According to his law; and thou shalt follow their sentence: neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand.
- Ex 30:7And Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning. When he shall dress the lamps, he shall burn it:
- Ex 30:8And when he shall place them in the evening, he shall burn an everlasting incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
- 1 Sam 2:28And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, and burn incense to me, and to wear the ephod before me: and I gave to thy father's house of all the sacrifices of the children of Israel.