Leviticus 10
1 Nadab and Abihu, Aaron’s sons, each took his censer, put fire in it, and placed incense on it. They presented unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them to offer.
2 Fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
3 Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD said: ‘I will be treated as holy by those who come near me, and I will be glorified before all the people.’” And Aaron remained silent.
4 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and said to them, “Come near and carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary, outside the camp.”
5 They came near and carried them in their tunics outside the camp, as Moses had said.
6 Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair hang loose or tear your clothes, or you will die and the LORD will become angry with the whole community. Let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, mourn the fire that the LORD has kindled.
7 “Do not leave the entrance of the tent of meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is upon you.” They did as Moses had said.
8 The LORD spoke to Aaron:
9 “You and your sons with you must not drink wine or any fermented drink when you enter the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting statute for your generations.
10 “You are to distinguish between what is holy and what is common, and between what is unclean and what is clean.
11 “And you are to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD spoke to them through Moses.”
12 Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, who remained, “Take the grain offering left over from the offerings made by fire to the LORD, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, because it is most holy.
13 You are to eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion and your sons’ portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD. That is what I was commanded.
14 You, your sons, and your daughters with you may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a clean place, because they have been given as your portion and your sons’ portion from the Israelites’ peace offerings.
15 The thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering are to be brought along with the offerings made by fire of the fat portions, to be presented as a wave offering before the LORD. They will belong to you and your sons with you as a lasting right, as the LORD commanded.”
16 Moses made a careful search for the goat of the sin offering, and there it was, burned up. He became angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and said:
17 “Why did you not eat the sin offering in the holy place? It is most holy, and it was given to you to bear the community’s guilt and make atonement for them before the LORD.
18 Look, its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary. You should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”
19 Aaron said to Moses, “Look, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD, and something like this has happened to me. If I had eaten the sin offering today, would that have been pleasing in the LORD’s sight?”
20 Moses heard this, and it was pleasing to him.
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