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And the sons of Aaron , Nadab and Abihu, take each his censer, and put in them fire , and put on it perfume, and bring near before Jehovah strange fire , which He hath not commanded them;
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and fire goeth out from before Jehovah , and consumeth them, and they die before Jehovah .
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And Moses saith unto Aaron , `It [is] that which Jehovah hath spoken , saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified , and in the face of all the people I am honoured ;' and Aaron is silent.
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And Moses calleth unto Mishael and unto Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, uncle of Aaron , and saith unto them, `Come near , bear your brethren from the front of the sanctuary unto the outside of the camp ;'
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and they come near , and bear them in their coats unto the outside of the camp , as Moses hath spoken.
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And Moses saith unto Aaron , and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar his sons, `Your heads ye do not uncover, and your garments ye do not rend , that ye die not, and on all the company He be wroth; as to your brethren , the whole house of Israel , they bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled;
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and from the opening of the tent of meeting ye do not go out, lest ye die , for the anointing oil of Jehovah [is] upon you;' and they do according to the word of Moses .
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Aaron , saying,
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`Wine and strong drink thou dost not drink , thou, and thy sons with thee, in your going in unto the tent of meeting, and ye die not -- a statute age-during to your generations ;
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so as to make a separation between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the pure ;
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and to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses .'
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And Moses speaketh unto Aaron , and unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar his sons, who are left, `Take ye the present that is left from the fire-offerings of Jehovah , and eat it unleavened near the altar , for it [is] most holy ,
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and ye have eaten it in the holy place , for it [is] thy portion, and the portion of thy sons, from the fire-offerings of Jehovah ; for so I have been commanded .
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`And the breast of the wave -offering, and the leg of the heave-offering, ye do eat in a clean place , thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for thy portion and the portion of thy sons they have been given , out of the sacrifices of peace -offerings of the sons of Israel ;
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the leg of the heave-offering, and breast of the wave -offering, besides fire-offerings of the fat , they do bring in to wave a wave -offering before Jehovah , and it hath been to thee, and to thy sons with thee, by a statute age-during, as Jehovah hath commanded .'
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And the goat of the sin -offering hath Moses diligently sought, and lo, it is burnt, and he is wroth against Eleazar, and against Ithamar, sons of Aaron , who are left, saying,
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`Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin -offering in the holy place , for it [is] most holy -- and it He hath given to you to take away the iniquity of the company , to make atonement for them before Jehovah ?
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lo, its blood hath not been brought in unto the holy place within; eating ye do eat it in the holy place, as I have commanded .'
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And Aaron speaketh unto Moses , `Lo, to-day they have brought near their sin -offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah ; and [things] like these meet me, yet I have eaten a sin -offering to-day ; is it good in the eyes of Jehovah ?'