The Koine Bible

And the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his censer and put fire on it and laid incense on it, and they brought before the Lord strange fire, which the Lord had not commanded them.

And fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

And Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, saying, Among those who draw near me I will be sanctified, and in all the congregation I will be glorified. And Aaron was stunned.

And Moses called Misadai and Elisaphan, sons of Uzziel, sons of the brother of Aaron’s father, and said to them, Come near and take up your brothers from before the holy things, outside the camp.

And they came near and carried them in their tunics outside the camp, as Moses said.

And Moses said to Aaron and Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, the ones left behind, You shall not let the hair of your heads go untrimmed, and your garments you shall not tear, lest you die and there be wrath upon all the congregation; your brothers, the whole house of Israel, shall weep over the burning with which they were burned by the Lord.

And from the door of the tent of testimony you shall not go out, lest you die; for the anointing oil of the anointing of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying

Wine and strong drink you shall not drink, you and your sons with you, whenever you go into the tent of the testimony or when you approach the altar, and you shall not die; an everlasting statute for your generations.

to distinguish between the holy and the profane and between the unclean and the clean

And you shall instruct the sons of Israel in all the ordinances which the Lord spoke to them through the hand of Moses.

And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, those who were left: Take the offering that was left from the offerings of the Lord, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, it is most holy.

And you shall eat it in a holy place, for it is a statute for you and a statute for your sons; this is from the offerings to the Lord, for so he has commanded me.

And the breast of the contribution and the arm of the heave offering you shall eat in a holy place, you and your sons and your house with you; for it has been given as a statute for you and as a statute for your sons from the sacrifices of the salvation offerings of the sons of Israel.

The thigh of the heave offering and the breast of the wave offering on the offerings of the fat pieces they shall bring as a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be for you and for your sons and for your daughters with you as an eternal statute, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And Moses diligently sought the goat for the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up; and Moses was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, the ones left, saying:

Why did you not eat the sin offering in a holy place? For it is most holy; he has given this to you to eat, so that you may take away the sin of the congregation and make atonement for them before the Lord.

For its blood was not brought into the holy place, and you shall eat it in a holy place before the face inward, as the Lord commanded me.

And Aaron spoke to Moses, saying, If today they have brought near their sin offerings and their whole burnt offerings before the Lord, and these things have happened to me, and I shall eat the things for the sin offering today, will it be pleasing to the Lord?

And Moses heard, and it was pleasing to him.