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1 Nadab
and Abihu, the
sons of Aaron,
each took his
censer, and
put fire in it,
and laid incense
on it, and
offered strange fire
before the LORD,
which he had
not commanded them.
2 Fire came
out from before
the LORD,
and devoured them,
and they died
before the LORD.
3 Then
Moses said
to Aaron, “This is
what the LORD
spoke of, saying,
‘I will show
myself holy to
those who come
near me,
and before all
the people I
will be
glorified.’ ”
Aaron held his
peace.
4 Moses
called Mishael
and Elzaphan, the
sons of Uzziel
the uncle of Aaron,
and said to
them, “Draw near,
carry your
brothers from
before the
sanctuary out of
the camp.”
5 So
they came near,
and carried them
in their tunics
out of the
camp, as Moses
had said.
6 Moses said
to Aaron, and
to Eleazar and
to Ithamar, his
sons, “Don’t let
the hair of
your heads go
loose, and don’t
tear your clothes,
so that you don’t
die, and so
that he will
not be angry
with all the
congregation; but
let your brothers,
the whole house
of Israel, bewail
the burning which
the LORD has
kindled.
7 You
shall not go
out from the
door of the Tent
of Meeting, lest
you die; for
the anointing oil
of the LORD
is on you.”
They did according
to the word
of Moses.
8 Then
the LORD said
to Aaron,
9 “You
and your sons
are not to
drink wine or
strong drink whenever
you go into the Tent
of Meeting, or
you will die.
This shall be
a statute forever
throughout your
generations.
10 You are
to make a distinction between
the holy and
the common,
and between the
unclean and the
clean.
11 You
are to teach
the children of
Israel all the
statutes which the
LORD has spoken
to them by
Moses.”
12 Moses
spoke to Aaron,
and to Eleazar and
to Ithamar, his
sons who were
left, “Take the
meal offering that
remains of the
offerings of the
LORD made by fire,
and eat it
without yeast beside the
altar; for it
is most holy;
13 and
you shall eat it
in a holy
place, because it
is your portion,
and your sons’
portion, of the
offerings of the
LORD made by fire;
for so I
am commanded.
14 The
waved breast and
the heaved thigh
you shall eat in
a clean place,
you, and your
sons, and your
daughters with you:
for they are
given as your
portion, and your
sons’ portion, out
of the sacrifices
of the peace
offerings of the
children of Israel.
15 They
shall bring
the heaved thigh
and the waved
breast with the
offerings made
by fire of the
fat, to wave
it for a
wave offering
before the LORD.
It shall be yours,
and your sons’
with you, as
a portion forever,
as the LORD
has commanded.”
16 Moses
diligently inquired
about the goat
of the sin
offering, and,
behold,
it was burned.
He was angry
with Eleazar and
with Ithamar, the
sons of Aaron who
were left, saying,
17 “Why haven’t
you eaten the sin
offering in the
place of the
sanctuary, since
it is most
holy, and he
has given it
to you to
bear the iniquity
of the
congregation, to
make atonement for
them before the
LORD?
18 Behold,
its blood was
not brought into the
inner part of
the sanctuary. You
certainly should have eaten
it in the
sanctuary, as I
commanded.”
19 Aaron spoke
to Moses, “Behold,
today they have
offered their sin
offering and their
burnt offering
before the LORD;
and such things as
these have
happened to me.
If I had eaten
the sin offering
today, would it
have been pleasing
in the LORD’s
sight?”
20 When
Moses heard that,
it was pleasing
in his sight.