And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, tookeither of them his censer, and put firetherein, and put incensethereon, and offeredstrangefirebefore the LORD, which he commandedthem not.
ThenMosessaiduntoAaron, This is it that the LORDspake, saying, I will be sanctified in themthatcomenigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaronheld his peace.
And MosescalledMishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and saiduntothem, Comenear, carryyourbrethrenfrombefore the sanctuary out of the camp.
And MosessaiduntoAaron, and untoEleazar and untoIthamar, his sons, Uncover not yourheads, neitherrendyourclothes; lest ye die, and lestwrathcomeupon all the people: but let yourbrethren, the wholehouse of Israel, bewail the burningwhich the LORDhathkindled.
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.
Do not drinkwine nor strongdrink, thou, nor thy sonswiththee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for everthroughoutyourgenerations:
And MosesspakeuntoAaron, and untoEleazar and untoIthamar, his sonsthatwereleft, Take the meatofferingthatremaineth of the offerings of the LORDmade by fire, and eat it withoutleavenbeside the altar: for it is mostholy:
And the wavebreast and heaveshouldershall ye eat in a cleanplace; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughterswiththee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peaceofferings of the children of Israel.
The heaveshoulder and the wavebreastshalltheybringwith the offeringsmade by fire of the fat, to wave it for a waveofferingbefore the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’withthee, by a statute for ever; as the LORDhathcommanded.
And Mosesdiligentlysought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angrywithEleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaronwhichwereleftalive, saying,
Whereforehave ye not eaten the sin offering in the holyplace, seeing it is mostholy, and God hathgiven it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to makeatonement for thembefore the LORD?
And AaronsaiduntoMoses, Behold, this day havetheyofferedtheir sin offering and theirburntofferingbefore the LORD; and suchthingshavebefallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it havebeenaccepted in the sight of the LORD?