Leviticus 10 · Parashat Shemini

And Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aharon, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He commanded them not.

And a fire went out from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

Then Moshe said to Aharon, This is it that which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aharon held his peace.

And Moshe called Misha᾽el and Elżafan, the sons of ῾Uzzi᾽el the uncle of Aharon, and said to them, Come near, carry 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 Moshe had said.

And Moshe said to Aharon, and to El῾azar and to Itamar, his sons, Let the hair of your heads not grow long, neither rend your clothes; lest you die, and lest anger come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Yisra᾽el bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled.

And you shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting lest you die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moshe.

And the Lord spoke to Aharon, saying,

Do not drink wine or strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, lest you die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

and that you may differentiate between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

and that you may teach the children of Yisra᾽el all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moshe.

And Moshe spoke to Aharon, and to El῾azar and to Itamar, his sons that were left, Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

and you 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 the wave breast and heave shoulder shall you eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they are thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Yisra᾽el.

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, as a portion for ever; as the Lord commanded.

And Moshe diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with El῾azar and Itamar, the sons of Aharon that were left alive, saying.

Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: you should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

And Aharon said to Moshe, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord; and such things have befallen me that if I had eaten the sin offering today, should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?

And when Moshe heard that, he was content.