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And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron , took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah , which he had not commanded them.
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And there came forth fire from before Jehovah , and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah .
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Then Moses said unto Aaron , This is it that Jehovah spake , saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified . And Aaron held his peace .
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And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron , and said unto them, Draw near , carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp .
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So they drew near , and carried them in their coats out of the camp , as Moses had said .
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And Moses said unto Aaron , and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes ; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation : but let your brethren , the whole house of Israel , bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled.
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And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die ; for the anointing oil of Jehovah is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses .
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And Jehovah spake unto Aaron , saying,
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Drink no wine nor strong drink , thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations :
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and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean ;
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and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by Moses .
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And Moses spake unto Aaron , and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meal-offering that remaineth of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar ; for it is most holy ;
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and ye shall eat it in a holy place , because it is thy portion, and thy sons' portion, of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: for so I am commanded .
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And the wave -breast and the heave-thigh shall ye eat in a clean place , thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they are given as thy portion, and thy sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace -offerings of the children of Israel .
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The heave-thigh and the wave -breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat , to wave it for a wave -offering before Jehovah : and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, as a portion for ever ; as Jehovah hath commanded .
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And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin -offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,
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Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin -offering in the place of the sanctuary , seeing it is most holy , and he hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation , to make atonement for them before Jehovah ?
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Behold, the blood of it was not brought into the sanctuary within: ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary , as I commanded .
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And Aaron spake unto Moses , Behold, this day have they offered their sin -offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah ; and there have befallen me such things as these: and if I had eaten the sin -offering to-day , would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of Jehovah ?
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And when Moses heard [that], it was well-pleasing in his sight .