Leviticus 10:10-11 Description God's command to priests to distinguish between holy and profane, and to teach Israel His statutes Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers — Quoted as God's injunction upon the priests to study and to teach "That you may have the knowledge to distinguish between holy and profane, between polluted and clean, and that you may teach the children of Israel all my statutes, which the Lord spoke to them through the hand of Moses." Related Moses Aaron