Leviticus 10

The Deaths of Nadab and Abihu

1And Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his censer, and they put fire in them and placed incense on it; then they presented before Yahweh illegitimate fire, which he had not commanded them.[#That is, the fire; #Or “and”; #Literally “to the faces of”]

2So fire went out from before Yahweh, and it consumed them so that they died before Yahweh.[#Or “And”; #Literally “from to the faces of”; #Or “and”; #Literally “to the faces of”]

3Therefore Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke, saying, ‘Among those who are close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will display my glory.’ ” So Aaron was silent.[#Or “And”; #Literally “upon the faces of”; #Or “I will be glorified”; #Or “And”]

4Then Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle, and he said to them, “Come forward. Carry your brothers from the front of the sanctuary to outside the camp.”[#Or “And”; #Or “Come near” or “Approach”; #Literally “the faces of”; #Literally “from an outside place of the camp”]

5So they came forward, and they carried them outside the camp in their tunics, just as Moses had ordered.[#Or “And”; #Or “came near” or “approached”; #Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”]

6Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “You must not let your hair hang loosely, and you must not tear your garments, so that you will not die and he will be angry with all the community. But your brothers, all the house of Israel, may weep because of the burning that Yahweh caused,[#Or “And”; #Or “and”; #That is, God; #Or “And”; #Literally “the burning that Yahweh burned”]

7but you must not go out from the entrance to the tent of assembly lest you die, because Yahweh’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did according to Moses’ word.[#Or “and”; #Or “of”; #Or “And”]

Lasting Statutes

8Then Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,[#Or “And”]

9“You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to the tent of assembly, so that you will not die—it is a lasting statute for your generations—[#Or “and”; #Or “and”; #Plural]

10and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, as well as between the unclean and the clean,[#Or “the common”; #Or “and”]

11and to teach the Israelites all the rules that Yahweh has spoken to them through Moses.”[#Literally “sons/children of Israel”; #Literally “by the hand of”]

12Then Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “As for the remaining parts, take the remainder of the grain offering from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire and eat it, the unleavened bread, beside the altar, because it is a most holy thing.[#Or “And”; #Implied by plural form of noun and the immediate context; #Literally “a holiness of holinesses”]

13And you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from Yahweh’s offerings made by fire, for so I have been commanded.

14And the wave offering’s breast section and the upper thigh of the contribution offering you must eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you, because they are given as your allotted portion and your sons’ allotted portion from the sacrifices of the Israelites’ fellowship offerings.[#Plural; #Literally “sons/children of Israel”]

15They must bring the thigh of the contribution offering and the breast section of the wave offering in addition to the offerings made by fire, consisting of the fat portions, to wave as a wave offering before Yahweh; and it will be for you and for your sons with you as a lasting rule, just as Yahweh had commanded.”[#Literally “to the faces of”]

The Problem of the Uneaten Sin Offering

16Then Moses sought all over for the goat of the sin offering and behold, it was burned up. So he was angry with Aaron’s remaining sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,[#Or “And”; #Or “And”]

17“Why did you not eat the sin offering on the sanctuary’s site, because it is a most holy thing? And he gave it to you to remove the community’s guilt, to make atonement for them before Yahweh.[#Literally “a holiness of holinesses”; #Literally “to the faces of”]

18Look, its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary. Certainly you should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”[#Or “to the sanctuary inside” or “to the sanctuary within”]

19So Aaron said to Moses, “Look, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh, and things such as these have happened to me, and if I were to eat a sin offering today, would it have been good in Yahweh’s eyes?”[#Or “And”; #Literally “to the faces of”]

20When Moses heard, it was good in his eyes.[#Or “And”; #Or “and it”]

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