Leviticus

Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and laid incense on it; and they offered before יהוה alien fire, which had not been enjoined upon them.

And fire came forth from יהוה and consumed them; thus they died at the instance of .” יהוה.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what יהוה meant by saying: Through those near to Me I show Myself holy, And gain glory before all the people.” And Aaron was silent.

Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come forward and carry your kinsmen away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”

They came forward and carried them out of the camp by their tunics, as Moses had ordered.

And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not bare your heads bare your heads Or “dishevel your hair”; cf. Num. 5.18. and do not rend your clothes, lest you die and anger strike the whole community. But your kin, kin Heb. aḥim, lit. “brothers”; NJPS “kinsmen.” It goes without saying that women are in view, because they were the face of public mourning in ancient Israel (Exod. 33.4; Jer. 9.16–17, 19; 2 Chron. 35.25). all the house of Israel, shall bewail the burning that יה

And so do not go outside the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die, for יהוה’s anointing oil is upon you.” And they did as Moses had bidden.

And יהוה spoke to Aaron, saying:

Drink no wine or other intoxicant, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, that you may not die. This is a law for all time throughout the ages,

for you must distinguish between the sacred and the profane, and between the impure and the pure;

and you must teach the Israelites all the laws which יהוה has imparted to them through Moses.

Moses spoke to Aaron and to his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: Take the meal offering that is left over from יהוה’s offerings by fire and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.

You shall eat it in the sacred precinct, inasmuch as it is your due, and that of your sons, from יהוה’s offerings by fire; for so I have been commanded.

But the breast of elevation offering and the thigh of gift offering you [and your wife], and your sons and daughters with you, may eat in any pure place, for they have been assigned as a due to you and your sons from the Israelites’ sacrifices of well-being.

Together with the fat of fire offering, they must present the thigh of gift offering and the breast of elevation offering, which are to be elevated as an elevation offering before יהוה, and which are to be your due and that of your sons with you for all time—as יהוה has commanded.

Then Moses inquired about the goat of sin offering, and it had already been burned! He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and said,

“Why did you not eat the sin offering in the sacred area? For it is most holy, and it is what was given to you to remove the guilt of the community and to make expiation for them before יהוה.

Since its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary, brought inside the sanctuary As is done in the case of the most solemn offerings; see 4.3–21; 16.11–17. you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”

And Aaron spoke to Moses, “See, this day they brought their sin offering and their burnt offering before יהוה, and such things have befallen me! Had I eaten sin offering today, would יהוה have approved?”

And when Moses heard this, he approved.