Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said." — Leviticus 10:5 (ASV)
And carried them in their coats. — More accurately, and they carried them in their tunics, the long, white garments in which they ministered, and which were the most characteristic part of the sacerdotal vestments. In ordinary cases, the cast-off garments of the priests were converted into wick for the lamps of the sanctuary. However, in this instance, they were buried with the bodies because, aside from their having become unclean through contact with the corpses, no one would have used them, as they had been worn at a time of such a dreadful visitation.
Out of the camp. — Burial places in ancient times were outside the towns in open fields (Genesis 23:17; Matthew 27:7; Luke 8:27).