Leviticus 10Book 3 of 66 · 20 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending
Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, placed incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.
So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be treated as holy, and before all the people I must be glorified.'" So Aaron remained silent.
Then Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Come forward, carry your relatives from before the sanctuary to a place outside the camp."
So they came forward and carried them by their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had said.
And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die and wrath come upon all the congregation, but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled.
You shall not go out from the entrance of the tabernacle of meeting or you will die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you, and they did according to the word of Moses.
Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, saying:
Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you nor your sons with you, when you enter the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die; this shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations.
that you may distinguish between holy and common, and between unclean and clean,
And that you may teach the people of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has given to them through Moses.
Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his surviving sons: "Take the grain offering that remains of the offerings made by fire to the LORD, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.
You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion and your sons' portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD, for so I have been commanded.
The breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution you shall eat in a ceremonially clean place, you, your sons, and your daughters with you; for they are your due and your sons' due, which are given from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
The thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring with the offerings of fat made by fire, to present as a wave offering before the LORD, and it shall be yours and your sons' with you as a due forever, as the LORD has commanded.
Then Moses made careful inquiry about the goat of the sin offering, and there it was—burned up, so he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, saying,
Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
Look, its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary; you certainly should have eaten it in the sacred area, as I commanded.
And Aaron said to Moses, "Look, this very day they have presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD, and such things have happened to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?"