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.
And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before
the Lord.
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.
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.
So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had
said.
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.
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.
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, 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, and that ye may put
difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,
and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord
hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
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.
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.
And the waved breast and heaved 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.
The heaved shoulder and the waved 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.
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, 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?
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.
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 today, should it have been accepted in the sight
of the Lord?
And when Moses heard that, he was content.