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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.
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And there went··out fire from Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
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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.
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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.
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And they went··near, and carried them in their tunics to▵ outside the camp; as◦ Moses had spoken.
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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.
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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.
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Aaron, saying,
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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:
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and that you may distinguish between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean;
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and that you may instruct the sons of Israel in all the statutes which Jehovah has spoken to▵ them by the hand of Moses.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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?
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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.
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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?
