 1 Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took his censer and put fire in it and put incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 There went out fire from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, It is what the Lord spoke saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me and before all the people I will be glorified. Then Aaron held his peace. 4 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, Come near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 They came near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. 6 Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and lest He be angry on all the people. But let your brothers, the whole of Israel, mourn the burning which the Lord has kindled. 7 You shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation lest you die. For the anointing oil of the Lord is on you. They did according to the word of Moses. 8 The Lord spoke to Aaron saying, 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink. Neither you nor your sons with you when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die. This is a statute forever throughout your generations. 10 It is for a distinction between the holy and unholy and between the unclean and clean. 11 You must teach all the statutes that the Lord has spoken the children of Israel by the hand of Moses. 12 Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, Take the food offering that remains of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar. For it is most holy. 13 You shall eat in the holy place, because it is your due, and your sons' due, of the fire offerings of the Lord made by fire. For so I am commanded. 14 The wave breast and heave shoulder you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons and your daughters with you. For they have been given for your portion and the portion of your sons out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. 15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast they shall bring with the fire offerings of the fat, to wave for a wave offering before the Lord. It will be yours and your sons' with you by a statute forever as the Lord has commanded. 16 Moses carefully looked for the goat of the sin offering. And behold, it was burned. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron left alive saying, 17 Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, 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. The blood of it was not brought within the holy place. You should indeed have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. 19 Aaron said to Moses, Behold, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord. And such things have happened to me. And if I had eaten the sin offering today, should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord? 20 Moses heard, and it was good in his eyes.
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