Old Testament · Law

Leviticus chapter 10

Now Aaron’s sons and each took their , put burning coals in them, and laid incense on top. They brought before Yahweh — fire he had never commanded them to bring. and them. They died right there before Yahweh.Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh meant when he said: ‘Among those who come near me, I will show that , and in front of all the people I will be .’” And .Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here. Carry your relatives away from the front of the , outside the camp.”So they came forward and carried them, still in their , outside the camp — exactly as Moses had said.Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “ or in grief, or you’ll die too — and Yahweh’s anger will fall on the entire community. But the rest of the Israelite community may mourn the ones Yahweh burned.”And don’t leave the entrance of the , or you’ll die — because Yahweh’s is on you.” So they did exactly what Moses said.Then Yahweh spoke directly to Aaron:“Don’t drink or when you enter the Tent of Meeting — not you, not your sons — or you’ll die. This is a for every generation.”“You have to be able to draw the line between and what is , and between what is and what is ,”“and to teach the Israelites all the that Yahweh gave them through Moses.”Moses said to Aaron and to his remaining sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the left over from Yahweh’s and eat it without yeast beside the altar, because it .”“Eat it in , because it is your and your sons’ share from Yahweh’s fire-offerings. That is what I have been commanded.”“But the breast of the and the — you, your sons, and your daughters may eat those in any ritually clean place. These have been given as your rightful share — yours and your children’s — from the Israelites’ .”“They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, along with the for the fire-offerings, to wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh. It will belong to you and your children as a permanent rightful share, just as Yahweh commanded.”Now Moses searched carefully for the goat of the , and discovered it had already been completely burned up. He was with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and demanded:“Why didn’t you eat the failure offering in the place kept for God? It . He gave it to you to , to for them before Yahweh.”“Look, its was never brought inside the . You should have eaten the offering in the place kept for God, just as I commanded.”Aaron said to Moses, “Look — today they presented their purification offering and their before Yahweh, and after everything that’s happened to me today — if I had eaten the purification offering today, would Yahweh really have been with that?”When Moses heard this, he .