[1] And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire
in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not
given them orders to do. [2] And fire came out from before the Lord,
burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord. [3] Then
Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes
of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the
people. And Aaron said nothing. [4] And Moses sent for Mishael and
Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron's father, and said to
them, Come near and take your brothers away from before the holy place,
outside the tent-circle. [5] So they came and took them, in their coats,
outside the tent-circle, as Moses had said. [6] And Moses said to Aaron and
to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, Do not let your hair be loose, and give
no signs of grief; so that death may not overtake you, and his wrath come
on all the people; but let there be weeping among your brothers and all the
house of Israel for this burning of the Lord's fire. [7] And do not go out
from the door of the Tent of meeting, or death will come to you; for the
holy oil of the Lord is on you. And they did as Moses said. [8] And the
Lord said to Aaron: [9] Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons
with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the
cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your
generations. [10] And make a division between the holy and the common, and
between the unclean and the clean; [11] Teaching the children of Israel all
the laws which the Lord has given them by the hand of Moses. [12] And Moses
said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were still living,
Take the rest of the meal offering from the offerings of the Lord made by
fire, and take it for your food, without leaven, at the side of the altar,
for it is most holy. [13] It is to be for your food in a holy place,
because it is your right and your sons' right, from the offerings of the
Lord made by fire: for so am I ordered. [14] And the breast which is waved
and the leg which is lifted up on high, you are to take as your food in a
clean place; you and your sons and your daughters with you: for they are
given to you as your right and your sons' right, from the peace-offerings
of the children of Israel. [15] Let them take the breast which is waved and
the leg which is lifted up on high, with the fat of the burned offering, to
be waved for a wave offering before the Lord; and this will be for you and
for your sons with you, for a right for ever, as the Lord has given orders.
[16] And Moses was looking for the goat of the sin-offering, but it was
burned; and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, who
were still living, saying, [17] Why did you not make a meal of the
sin-offering in the holy place? For it is most holy and he has given it to
you, so that the sin of the people may be put on it, to take away their sin
before the Lord. [18] See, its blood was not taken into the holy place:
certainly it was right for you to have taken it as food in the holy place,
as I gave orders. [19] And Aaron said to Moses, You have seen that today
they have made their sin-offering and their burned offering before the
Lord, and such things as these have come on me. If I had taken the
sin-offering as food today, would it have been pleasing to the Lord? [20]
And after hearing this, Moses was no longer angry.
