¹ And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each·​·man^◦ his censer, and put^◦ fire in it, and set incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which He commanded them^◦ not.

² And there went·​·out fire from Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.

³ And Moses said to^▵ Aaron, This^◦ is what Jehovah spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who are near Me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron kept·​·still.

⁴ And Moses called to^▵ Mishael and to^▵ Elizaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to^▵ them, Come·​·near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary to^▵ outside the camp.

⁵ And they went·​·near, and carried them in their tunics to^▵ outside the camp; as^◦ Moses had spoken.

⁶ And Moses said to^▵ Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, Expose not your heads, neither unstitch your garments, lest you die, and He be·​·enraged against all the congregation; but let your brothers, all the house of Israel, weep for the burning·​·up which Jehovah has burned·​·up.

⁷ And you shall not go·​·out from the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Jehovah is upon you. And they did according·​·to the word of Moses.

⁸ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Aaron, saying,

⁹ Do not drink wine nor strong·​·drink, thou^◦, nor^◦ thy sons with^◦ thee, when you come into^▵ the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, lest you die; it shall be an eternal statute throughout your generations:

¹⁰ and that you may distinguish between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean;

¹¹ and that you may instruct the sons of Israel in all the statutes which Jehovah has spoken to^▵ them by the hand of Moses.

¹² And Moses spoke to^▵ Aaron, and to^▵ Eleazar and to^▵ Ithamar, his remaining sons, Take the remaining gift·​·offering of the fire·​·offerings of Jehovah, and eat it unleavened beside the altar; for it^◦ is a holy of holies:

¹³ and you shall eat it in the holy place, for it^◦ is thy statute, and the statute of thy sons, of the fire·​·offerings of Jehovah; for so I am commanded.

¹⁴ And the chest portion of the waving and the hind·​·quarter of the uplifting^◦ you shall eat in a clean place; thou^◦, and thy sons, and thy daughters with^◦ thee; for they be thy statute, and a statute of thy sons, which are given from the sacrifices of peace·​·offerings of the sons of Israel.

¹⁵ The hind·​·quarter of the uplifting^◦ and the chest portion of the waving on the fire·​·offerings of the fat they shall bring to wave as a waving before Jehovah; and it shall be for thee, and for thy sons with^◦ thee, for an eternal statute, as^◦ Jehovah has commanded.

¹⁶ And inquiring Moses inquired·​·after the goat^◦ of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt·​·up; and he was·​·enraged against Eleazar and against Ithamar, the remaining sons of Aaron, saying,

¹⁷ Wherefore have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place? For it^◦ is a holy of holies, and He has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make·​·atonement for^▵ them before Jehovah?

¹⁸ Behold, the blood of it was not brought into^▵ the holy place within^▵; eating you should have eaten it in the holy place, as^◦ I commanded.

¹⁹ And Aaron spoke to^▵ Moses, Behold, today have they offered their sin offering and their burnt·​·offering before Jehovah; and things like^◦ these have befallen me; and if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been·​·good in the eyes of Jehovah?

²⁰ And Moses heard, and it was·​·good in his eyes.