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And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron , took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange fire before the LORD , which he commanded them not.
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And there went out fire from the LORD , and devoured them, and they died before the LORD .
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Then Moses said to Aaron , This is what the LORD spoke , 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 to them, Come near , carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp .
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So they went near , and carried them in their coats out of the camp ; as Moses had said .
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And Moses said to Aaron , and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads , neither rend your clothes ; lest ye die , and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren , the whole house of Israel , bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
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And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , lest ye die : for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses .
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And the LORD spoke to Aaron , saying,
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Do not drink wine nor strong drink , thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation , lest ye die : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations :
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And that ye may make a difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean ;
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And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken to them by the hand of Moses .
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And Moses spoke to Aaron , and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat-offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD 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 the holy place , because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded .
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And the wave -breast and heave-shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place ; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they are thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace -offerings of the children of Israel .
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The heave-shoulder and the wave -breast shall they bring , with the offerings made by fire of the fat , to wave it for a wave -offering before the LORD ; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever ; as the LORD 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 Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left alive, saying,
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Why have ye not eaten the sin -offering in the holy place , seeing it is most holy , and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation , to make atonement for them before the LORD ?
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Behold, the blood of it was not brought within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded .
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And Aaron said to Moses , Behold, this day have they offered their sin -offering, and their burnt-offering before the LORD ; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin -offering to day , would it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD ?