Leviticus 10
1 And the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and
Abiud, took each his censer, and put fire therein, and threw incense thereon,
and offered strange fire before the Lord, which the Lord did not command them,
2 and fire came forth from the Lord,
and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
3 And Moses said to Aaron, This is the
thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw
nigh to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was
pricked in his heart.
4 And Moses called Misadaë, and
Elisaphan, sons of Oziel, sons of the brother of Aaron's father, and said to
them, Draw near and take your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the
camp. 5 And they came near and took
them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses said.
6 And Moses said to Aaron, and Eleazar
and Ithamar his sons that were left, Ye shall not make bare your heads, and ye
shall not tear your garments; that ye die not, and
so there should be wrath on all the congregation: but
your brethren, even all the house of Israel, shall
lament for the burning, with which they were burnt by the Lord.
7 And ye shall not go forth from the
door of the tabernacle of witness, that ye die not; for the Lord's anointing
oil is upon you: and they did according to the word
of Moses.
8 And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying,
9 Ye shall not drink wine nor strong
drink, thou and thy sons with thee, whensoever ye enter into the tabernacle of
witness, or when ye approach the altar, so shall ye not die;
it is a perpetual statute for your generations,
10 to distinguish between sacred and
profane, and between clean and unclean,
11 and to teach the children of
Israel all the statutes, which the Lord spoke to them by Moses.
12 And Moses said to Aaron, and to
Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who survived, Take the sacrifice that
is left of the burnt-offerings of the Lord, and ye shall eat unleavened bread
by the altar: it is most holy. 13 And
ye shall eat it in the holy place; for this is a statute for thee and a
statute for thy sons, of the burnt-offerings to the Lord; for so it has been
commanded me. 14 And ye shall eat the
breast of separation, and the shoulder of the choice-offering in the holy
place, thou and thy sons and thy house with thee; for it has been given as an
ordinance for thee and an ordinance for thy sons, of the sacrifices of
peace-offering of the children of Israel.
15 They shall bring the shoulder of
the choice-offering, and the breast of the separation upon the burnt-offerings
of the fat, to separate for a separation before the Lord; and it shall be a
perpetual ordinance for thee and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as the
Lord commanded Moses.
16 And Moses diligently sought the
goat of the sin-offering, but it had been consumed by fire; and Moses was
angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,
17 Why did ye not eat the
sin-offering in the holy place? for because it is most holy he has given you
this to eat, that ye might take away the sin of the congregation, and make
atonement for them before the Lord.
18 For the blood of it was not
brought into the holy place: ye shall eat it within, before
the Lord, as the Lord commanded me.
19 And Aaron spoke to Moses, saying,
If they have brought nigh to-day their sin-offerings, and their
whole-burnt-offerings before the Lord, and these events have happened to me,
and yet I should eat to-day of the sin-offerings,
would it be pleasing to the Lord?
20 And Moses heard
it, and it pleased him.