¶ And Nadab¹ and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer², and put fire therein, and put incense³ thereon, and offered strange⁴ fire before the LORD, which⁵ he commanded them not.

And there went out fire⁶ from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died⁷ before the LORD.

¶ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be⁸ sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before⁹ all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron¹⁰ held his peace.

And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel¹¹ the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry¹² your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover¹³ not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath¹⁴ come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

And ye shall¹⁵ not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing¹⁶ oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,

Do not¹⁷ drink wine nor strong drink¹⁸, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be¹⁹ a statute for ever throughout your generations:

¶²⁰And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

²¹And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

¶ And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take²² 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 most²³ holy:

And ye shall²⁴ 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 I²⁵ am commanded.

²⁶And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

The heave shoulder²⁷ 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 ever²⁸; as the LORD hath commanded.

And Moses diligently sought the goat²⁹ of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry³⁰ with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

Wherefore³¹ have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear³² the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?

Behold, the blood³³ of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded³⁴.

And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day³⁵ 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, should³⁶ it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

¶ And when Moses heard that, he was content³⁷.