Leviticus 10

Revised Geneva Translation

10 But Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censor and put fire in it and put incense upon it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.

² Therefore, a fire went out from the LORD and devoured them. So they died before the LORD.

³ Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, ‘I will be sanctified in those who come near Me. And I will be glorified before all the people.’” But Aaron held his peace.

⁴ And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near. Carry your brothers from before the Sanctuary, out of the camp.”

⁵ Then they went and carried them out of the camp, in their coats, as Moses had commanded.

⁶ Afterward, Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your heads, nor tear your clothes, lest you die and lest wrath come upon all the people. But let your brothers, all the House of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled.

⁷ “And do not go out from the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest you die. For the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.” And they did according to Moses’ commandment.

⁸ And the LORD spoke to Aaron, saying,

⁹ “You shall drink neither wine nor strong drink (neither you nor your sons with you) when you come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest you die—an ordinance forever throughout your generations—

¹⁰ “so that you may differentiate between the holy and the unholy and between the clean and the unclean,

¹¹ “and so that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has commanded them by the hand of Moses.”

¹² Then Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar (his sons who were left), “Take the Meat Offering that remains of the offerings of the LORD (made by fire) and eat it, without leaven, beside the Altar, for it is Most Holy.

¹³ “And you shall eat it in the Holy Place, because it is your due, and your son’s due, from the offerings of the LORD made by fire. For so I am commanded.

¹⁴ “Also, you shall eat the shaken breast and the heave shoulder in a clean place—you, and your sons, and your daughters with you—for they are given as your due and your son’s due from the Peace Offerings of the children of Israel.

¹⁵ “The heave shoulder, and the shaken breast, they shall bring with the offerings made by fire from the fat, to shake to and fro before the LORD. And it shall be yours and your sons’ with you, by a law, forever, as the LORD has commanded.”

¹⁶ And Moses sought the goat that was offered for sin. And lo, it was burnt. Therefore, he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,

¹⁷ “Why have you not eaten the Sin Offering in the Holy Place, seeing it is Most Holy and God has given it you to bear the iniquity of the Congregation, to make an atonement for them before the LORD.

¹⁸ “Behold, the blood of it was not brought inside the Holy Place. You should have eaten it in the Holy Place, as I commanded.”

¹⁹ And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, this day they have offered their Sin Offering and their Burnt Offering before the LORD, and such things have come to me. If I had eaten the sin offering today, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?”

²⁰ So when Moses heard, he was content.