Leviticus 10

1 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

2 So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”

5 So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.

6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

7 You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.

8 Then the LORD said to Aaron,

9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.

10 You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

12 And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.

13 You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.

14 And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.

15 They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”

16 Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,

17 “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.

18 Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”

19 But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”

20 And when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

1 ¶ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

3 ¶ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD [is] upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,

9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations:

10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

12 ¶ And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it [is] most holy:

13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it [is] thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.

14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for [they be] thy due, and thy sons' due, [which] are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave [it for] a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.

16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron [which were] left [alive], saying,

17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it [is] most holy, and [God] hath given it 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 in within the holy [place]: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy [place], as I commanded.

19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and [if] I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

20 And when Moses heard [that], he was content.

1 And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took every man his bowl, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and brought the strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

2 And there went out a fire from the LORD, and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

3 And Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD hath said: I will be sanctified in them that come nigh unto me, and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And Aaron held his peace.

4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, Aaron's cousins, and said unto them: Come near, and carry your brethren out of the sanctuary before the camp.

5 And they came and carried them out with their linen skirts before the camp, as Moses had said.

6 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, Ye shall not bow your heads, neither rend your garments, lest ye die, and wrath come upon all the congregation. Let your brethren of all the house of Israel weep for this burning which the LORD hath done.

7 But go not out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, that ye die. For the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did as Moses said.

8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying:

9 Thou, and thy sons with thee, shalt drink wine, and strong drink, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, that ye die not. This shall be a perpetual statute unto all your seed,

10 That ye may discern between holy and unholy, between unclean and clean,

11 And that ye teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD spake unto you by Moses.

12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto the remnant of his sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, Take ye that remaineth of the meat offering of the LORD'S sacrifices, and eat it unleavened at the altar: for it is the most holy.

13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place: for it is thy right, and thy sons' right, in the sacrifices of the LORD: for so I am commanded.

14 But the wave breast and the heave shoulder shalt thou eat, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, in a clean place: for such a right is given thee and thy children in the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

15 For the shoulder of the heave, and the breast of the wave, are brought for the sacrifices of the fat, to be waved for a wave before the LORD: therefore it is thine, and thy children's, for an everlasting statute, as the LORD hath commanded.

16 And Moses sought the goat of the sin offering, and found it burnt. And he was wroth with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons, which were left, and said:

17 Why have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place? for it is the most holy, and he hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make reconciliation for them before the LORD.

18 Behold, his blood is not entered into the holy place. Ye shall have eaten it in the holy place, as I am commanded.

19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and it is so with me, as thou seest: and shall I eat of the sin offering this day? Shall this please the LORD?

20 And it came to pass, when Moses heard it, that he put it to him.