The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Leviticus 10
1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron,
each took his censer, and put fire in it,
and laid incense on it, and offered strange
fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.
2 Fire came out from before Yahweh,
and devoured them, and they died before
Yahweh.
3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what
Yahweh spoke of, saying,
‘I will show myself holy to those who come
near me,
and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ”
Aaron held his peace.
4 Moses calledMishael andElzaphan,the
sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said
to them, “Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the
camp.”
5 So they came near, and carried them in
their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had
said.
6 Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and
to Ithamar, his sons, “Don’t let the hair of
your heads go loose, and don’t tear your
clothes, so that you don’t die, and so that he
will not be angry with allthe congregation;
but let your brothers, the whole house of
Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh
has kindled.
7 You shall not go out from the door of
the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the
anointing oil of Yahweh is on you.” They
did according to the word of Moses.
8 Then Yahweh said to Aaron,
9 “You and your sons are not to drink
wine or strong drink whenever you go into
the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This
shall be a statute forever throughout your
generations.
10 You are to make a distinction between
theholy andthe common, andbetweenthe
unclean and the clean.
11 You are to teach the children of Israel
all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken
to them by Moses.”
12 Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar
and to Ithamar, his sons who were left,
“Take the meal offering that remains ofthe
offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat
it without yeast beside the altar; for it is
most holy;
13 and you shall eat it in a holy place,
because it is your portion, and your sons’
portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made
by fire; for so I am commanded.
14 The waved breast and the heaved
thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you,
and your sons, and your daughters with
you: for they are given as your portion,
and your sons’ portion, out ofthe sacrifices
of the peace offerings of the children of
Israel.
15 They shall bring the heaved thigh and
the waved breast with the offerings made
byfire ofthe fat,to wave itfor a wave offering before Yahweh. It shall be yours, and
your sons’ with you, as a portion forever,
as Yahweh has commanded.”
16 Moses diligently inquired about the
goat ofthe sin offering, and, behold,† it was
burned. He was angry with Eleazar and
with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were
left, saying,
17 “Why haven’t you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it
is most holy, and he has given it to you to
bear the iniquity of the congregation, to
make atonementfor them before Yahweh?
18 Behold, its blood was not brought into
the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”
19 Aaron spoke to Moses, “Behold, today
they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and
such things as these have happened to me.
If I had eaten the sin offering today, would
it have been pleasing in Yahweh’s sight?”
20 When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.