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 Yahweh,
which he had not commanded them. 2 And fire came forth from before Yahweh,
and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.
3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh 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 drew near, and
carried them in their coats 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, neither tear your clothes; that you
don’t die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation: but let your
brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has
kindled. 7 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting,
lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you.” They did
according to the word of Moses.
8 Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, 9 “Drink no wine nor strong drink,
you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that
you don’t die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your
generations: 10 and that you are to make a distinction between the
holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; 11 and that
you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh
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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 The heaved thigh and the
waved breast they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to
wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your
sons’ with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded.”
16 Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and,
behold, it was burned: and 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, seeing it is most holy, and he
has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement
for them before Yahweh? 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, this day they have offered their sin
offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such things as these
have happend to me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have
been pleasing in the sight of Yahweh?”
20 When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.
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