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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Now
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
.
And
Nadab and Abihu ,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
took either
of
them
his
censer
, and
put fire therein,
and put
incense thereon
, and offered strange
fire before the LORD, which
he
commanded
them
not
.
So
fire
came
out from the presence
of
the
LORD and consumed
them, and they died in
the
presence
of
the LORD.
And
there
went
out fire
from the LORD ,
and devoured
them, and they died before
the LORD.
Then 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
.
Then Moses said unto
Aaron, This is it
that
the LORD spake,
saying,
I will be
sanctified
in
them
that
come
nigh
me
, and before
all the people I will be
glorified
. And
Aaron held
his
peace
.
Moses 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
. ”
And
Moses called
Mishael and Elzaphan, the
sons of Uzziel the
uncle
of
Aaron
, and said unto
them, Come near,
carry your brethren
from before
the sanctuary
out
of the camp
.
So they came
forward
and carried them ,
still
in their tunics,
outside
the camp ,
as Moses had directed
.
So they went
near,
and carried them in their coats
out
of
the camp ;
as Moses had said
.
Then
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
.
And
Moses said unto
Aaron ,
and unto
Eleazar and unto
Ithamar, his
sons,
Uncover
not your heads
, neither
rend
your
clothes;
lest
ye
die, and lest
wrath
come
upon
all
the people:
but let
your brethren
, the whole house of Israel, bewail
the burning
which
the LORD hath
kindled
.
You
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
.
And
ye
shall not go out
from
the door
of
the tabernacle
of the
congregation
, lest
ye
die :
for the anointing oil of
the
LORD
is upon
you. And
they did according
to
the
word
of
Moses.
Then
the LORD said
to
Aaron,
And
the LORD spake
unto
Aaron, saying,
“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.
Do
not drink wine nor
strong drink ,
thou,
nor
thy
sons
with
thee,
when ye
go
into
the tabernacle
of the
congregation
, lest
ye
die :
it
shall
be
a statute for ever
throughout
your
generations :
You
must
distinguish
between the
holy and the
common
, between
the
clean
and the
unclean ,
And
that
ye
may
put
difference
between holy and unholy
, and between
unclean and
clean;
so
that you
may teach the Israelites
all the statutes that
the LORD has
given
them through
Moses. ”
And
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 said
to
Aaron and
his
remaining
sons
, Eleazar and Ithamar, “
Take the grain
offering that remains
from
the offerings made by fire to
the
LORD
and eat it without leaven beside the altar ,
because
it is most holy .
And Moses spake
unto
Aaron, and
unto
Eleazar and unto
Ithamar, his
sons
that
were
left,
Take 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 most holy :
You
shall eat it in a
holy place, because it is your
share
and your
sons ’
share
of the offerings
made by fire to
the
LORD;
for this
is
what
I have
been
commanded.
And
ye
shall 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
I am
commanded.
And 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.
And 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.
They
are
to
bring
the thigh
of
the
contribution
and the breast
of
the
wave offering,
together
with the fat
portions
of
the
offerings made by fire, to wave as
a wave offering before the LORD .
It will
belong
permanently
to
you
and your
children
, as the LORD has
commanded. ”
The heave
shoulder
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
ever;
as the LORD hath
commanded.
Later,
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
,
And
Moses diligently
sought
the goat of the sin offering, and ,
behold, it was
burnt:
and
he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the
sons of
Aaron
which
were
left
alive
, saying
,
“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 .
Wherefore
have
ye
not
eaten
the sin offering in the holy place ,
seeing
it is most holy ,
and
God
hath
given it
you to bear
the iniquity
of the congregation ,
to
make
atonement for them before the LORD ?
Since
its
blood was not brought inside
the holy place ,
you
should have eaten it in the sanctuary
area
, as I commanded. ”
Behold,
the
blood of
it
was not brought in
within
the holy place :
ye
should indeed
have eaten it in the holy
place
, as I commanded.
But
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? ”
And
Aaron said
unto
Moses, Behold, this day 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
, should
it have been accepted
in the sight of the LORD?
And when Moses heard this
explanation
, he was satisfied
.
And when Moses heard that
, he was content
.
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