Now aNadab and Abihu
, the sons
of Aaron
, took
their respective
bfirepans
, and after putting
fire
in them, placed
incense
on it and offered
strange
fire
before
the LORD
, which
He had not commanded
them.
aAnd fire came
out from the presence
of the LORD
and consumed
them, and they died
before
the LORD
.
Then Moses said
to Aaron
, "It is what
the LORD
spoke
, saying
, `By those who acome
near
Me I 1 bwill be treated
as holy
, And before
all
the people
I will cbe honored
.' " So Aaron
, therefore, kept
silent
.
Moses called
also to aMishael
and Elzaphan
, the sons
of Aaron's
uncle
Uzziel
, and said
to them, "Come
forward
, carry
your 1relatives
away
from the front
of the sanctuary
to the outside
of the camp
."
So they came forward
and carried
them still in their atunics
to the outside
of the camp
, as Moses
had said
.
Then Moses said
to Aaron
and to his sons
Eleazar
and Ithamar
, " aDo not 1uncover
your heads
nor
tear
your clothes
, so that you will not die
and that He will not bbecome
wrathful
against
all
the congregation
. But your 2kinsmen
, the whole
house
of Israel
, shall bewail
the burning
which
the LORD
has 3brought
about.
"You shall not even go out from the doorway
of the tent
of meeting
, or
you will die
; for athe LORD'S
anointing
oil
is upon you." So they did
according to the word
of Moses
.
The LORD then spoke
to Aaron
, saying
,
" aDo not drink wine
or strong
drink
, neither you nor
your sons
with you, when you come
into the tent
of meeting
, so that you will not die
--it is a perpetual
statute
throughout your generations
--
and aso as to make a distinction
between
the holy
and the profane
, and between
the unclean
and the clean
,
and aso as to teach the sons
of Israel
all
the statutes
which
the LORD
has spoken
to them through
Moses
."
Then Moses spoke
to Aaron
, and to his surviving
sons
, aEleazar
and Ithamar
, " bTake
the grain offering
that is left
over
from the LORD'S
offerings
by fire
and eat
it unleavened
beside
the altar
, for it is most
holy
.
"You shall eat it, moreover, in a holy
place
, because
it is your due
and your sons'
due
out of the LORD'S
offerings
by fire
; for thus
I have been commanded
.
" aThe breast of the wave
offering
, however, and the thigh
of the offering
you may eat
in a clean
place
, you and your sons
and your daughters
with you; for they have been given
as your due
and your sons'
due
out of the sacrifices
of the peace
offerings
of the sons
of Israel
.
" aThe thigh offered
by lifting
up and the breast
offered
by waving
they shall bring
along
with the offerings
by fire
of the portions
of fat
, to present
as a wave
offering
before
the LORD
; so it shall be a thing
perpetually
due
you and your sons
with you, just
as the LORD
has commanded
."
But Moses searched
carefully
for the agoat
of the sin
offering
, and behold
, it had been burned
up! So he was angry
with Aaron's
surviving
sons
Eleazar
and Ithamar
, saying
,
"Why adid you not eat
the sin
offering
at the holy
place
? For it is most
holy
, and 1He gave
it to you to bear
away bthe guilt
of the congregation
, to make
atonement
for them before
the LORD
.
"Behold, asince its blood
had not been brought
inside
, into the sanctuary
, you should certainly
have beaten
it in the sanctuary
, just
as I commanded
."
But Aaron spoke
to Moses
, "Behold
, this very day
they apresented
their sin
offering
and their burnt
offering
before
the LORD
. When things like these
happened
to me, if I had eaten
a sin
offering
today
, would it have been good
in the sight
of the LORD
?"
When Moses heard
that, it seemed
good
in his sight
.