1Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, put fire in them, and laid incense on it, and they offered before Yahweh unauthorized fire, which he had not commanded them.
2And fire came out from before Yahweh and consumed them, and they died before Yahweh.
3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke, saying: ‘Among those who are near me I will be shown holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron was silent.
4And Moses called to Mishael and to Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and said to them, “Come forward; carry your kinsmen away from before the sanctuary to outside the camp.”
5So they came forward and carried them in their tunics to outside the camp, as Moses had said.
6Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, “Do not let your hair hang loose, and do not tear your garments, lest you die and wrath come upon all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, may weep over the burning that Yahweh has kindled.
7And you shall not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of Yahweh is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
8And Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,
9“You are not to drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations,
10so as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,
11and to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes that Yahweh has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”
12Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his remaining sons, “Take the grain offering that is left from the fire offerings of Yahweh, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.
13You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion and your sons’ portion from the fire offerings of Yahweh; for so I have been commanded.
14But the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution 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 from the peace-offering sacrifices of the sons of Israel.
15The thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring, along with the fire offerings of the fat portions, to wave as a wave offering before Yahweh; and it shall be for you and your sons with you as a perpetual portion, as Yahweh has commanded.”
16Now Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the remaining sons of Aaron, saying,
17“Why did you not eat the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary? For it is most holy, and he gave it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh.
18Behold, its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary; you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”
19And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh, and yet such things as these have befallen me. Had I eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the eyes of Yahweh?”
20When Moses heard this, it was good in his eyes.
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