Keraia
Pentateuch

Leviticus 10

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

1Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

1And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his firepan, and they put fire in it, and they put incense on it, and they brought near before the face of YHWH strange fire, which He had not commanded them.

2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

2And fire went out from before the face of YHWH, and it consumed them, and they died before the face of YHWH.

3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said:

‘To those who come near Me

I will show My holiness,

and in the sight of all the people

I will reveal My glory.’”

But Aaron remained silent.

3And Moses said to Aaron, “It is what YHWH spoke, saying, ‘By those drawing near to Me I will be shown holy, and before the faces of all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron was silent.

4Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”

4And Moses called to Mishael and to Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and he said to them, “Draw near, carry your brothers from the face of the Holy Place, to the outside of the camp.”

5So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.

5And they drew near, and they carried them in their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had spoken.

6Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

6And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar his sons, “Do not uncover your heads and do not tear your clothes, and you shall not die, and upon all the congregation He will be angry. And your brothers, the whole house of Israel, shall weep the burning that YHWH has burned.

7You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.”

So they did as Moses instructed.

7And you shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of YHWH is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

Restrictions for Priests

8Then the LORD said to Aaron,

8And YHWH spoke to Aaron, saying,

9“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.

9“Wine and strong drink you shall not drink, you and your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, and you shall not die. It is a statute forever throughout your generations,

10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

10and to distinguish between the holy and between the common, and between the unclean and between the clean,

11so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

11and to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes that YHWH has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”

12And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.

12And Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar his sons, the ones remaining, “Take the grain offering, the one remaining from the fire offerings of YHWH, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is holy of holies.

13You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.

13And you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion and the portion of your sons from the fire offerings of YHWH; for so I have been commanded.

14And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.

14And the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution you shall eat in a clean place—you and your sons and your daughters with you; for your portion and the portion of your sons, they are given from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the sons of Israel.

15They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”

15The thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring with the fire offerings of fat to wave as a wave offering before the face of YHWH. And it shall be for you and for your sons with you for an everlasting statute, as YHWH has commanded.”

16Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,

16And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, the ones remaining, saying,

17“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.

17“Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, for it is holy of holies, and He has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement upon them before the face of YHWH?

18Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”

18Behold, its blood was not brought in to the Holy Place within. You surely should have eaten it in the Holy Place, as I commanded.”

19But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”

19And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they have brought near their sin offerings and their burnt offerings before the face of YHWH, and things as these have befallen me; and if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the eyes of YHWH?”

20And when Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied.

20And Moses listened, and it was good in his eyes.