10Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu^a took their censers,^b put fire in them^c and added incense;^d and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord,^e contrary to his command.^f ²So fire came out^g from the presence of the Lord and consumed them,^h and they died before the Lord.ⁱ ³Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

“ ‘Among those who approach me^j

I will be proved holy;^k

in the sight of all the people

I will be honored.^l’ ”

Aaron remained silent.

⁴Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan,^m sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel,ⁿ and said to them, “Come here; carry your cousins outside the camp,^o away from the front of the sanctuary.^p” ⁵So they came and carried them, still in their tunics,^q outside the camp, as Moses ordered.

⁶Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,^r “Do not let your hair become unkempt^a^s and do not tear your clothes,^t or you will die and the Lord will be angry with the whole community.^u But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn^v for those the Lord has destroyed by fire. ⁷Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting^w or you will die, because the Lord’s anointing oil^x is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

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Footnotes

aOr Do not uncover your heads

Cross references

a Ex 6:23; 24:1; 28:1; Nu 3:2–4; 26:61; 1 Ch 6:3
b Nu 16:46; 1 Ki 7:50; 2 Ki 25:15; 2 Ch 4:22; Jer 52:19; Eze 8:11
c Lev 16:12; Nu 16:7, 18; Isa 6:6
dSee Ex 30:9
ever 2; Lev 16:1
f Ex 30:9
g Ps 106:18
h Nu 11:1; 16:35; Ps 2:12; 50:3; Isa 29:6
iSee Ge 19:24; See 38:7; Nu 16:35; 1 Ch 24:2; Job 1:16
j Ex 19:22
k Ex 30:29; Lev 21:6; 22:32; Nu 16:5; 20:13; Isa 5:16; Eze 28:22; 38:16
l Ex 14:4; Isa 44:23; 49:3; 55:5; 60:21
mSee Ex 6:22
n Ex 6:18
o Ac 5:6, 9, 10
pSee Ex 25:8
qSee Lev 8:13
rSee Ex 6:23
s Lev 13:45; 21:10; Nu 5:18
t Jer 41:5; See Mk 14:63
u Nu 1:53; 16:22; Jos 7:1; 22:18
v Ge 50:3, 10; Nu 20:29; 1 Sa 25:1
wSee Ex 25:8
xSee Ex 28:41