Leviticus 8–9 considers the act of ordaining Aaron and his sons into the priesthood. Of the various literary connections of these chapters with chap. 10, Warning has observed the sevenfold repetition of the word ’ēš, “fire.”5 The initial occurrences describe the sacrifices on the first day, where parts of the bull are burned outside the camp, while bread and flesh are burned as an offering to God inside the camp (Lev 8:17, 32). The remaining references to fire all take place on the eighth day. The