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.
