1 Nadabe e Abiú, filhos de Arão, tomaram cada um o seu incensário, e puseram neles fogo, e sobre este, incenso, e trouxeram fogo estranho perante a face do Senhor, o que lhes não ordenara. 2 Então, saiu fogo de diante do Senhor e os consumiu; e morreram perante o Senhor. 3 E falou Moisés a Arão: Isto é o que o Senhor disse: Mostrarei a minha santidade naqueles que se cheguem a mim e serei glorificado diante de todo o povo. Porém Arão se calou.

4 Então, Moisés chamou a Misael e a Elzafã, filhos de Uziel, tio de Arão, e disse-lhes: Chegai, tirai vossos irmãos de diante do santuário, para fora do arraial. 5 Chegaram-se, pois, e os levaram nas suas túnicas para fora do arraial, como Moisés tinha dito. 6 Moisés disse a Arão e a seus filhos Eleazar e Itamar: Não desgrenheis os cabelos, nem rasgueis as vossas vestes, para que não morrais, nem venha grande ira sobre toda a congregação; mas vossos irmãos, toda a casa de Israel, lamentem o incêndio que o Senhor suscitou. 7 Não saireis da porta da tenda da congregação, para que não morrais; porque está sobre vós o óleo da unção do Senhor. E fizeram conforme a palavra de Moisés.

8 Falou também o Senhor a Arão, dizendo: 9 Vinho ou bebida forte tu e teus filhos não bebereis quando entrardes na tenda da congregação, para que não morrais; estatuto perpétuo será isso entre as vossas gerações, 10 para fazerdes diferença entre o santo e o profano e entre o imundo e o limpo 11 e para ensinardes aos filhos de Israel todos os estatutos que o Senhor lhes tem falado por intermédio de Moisés.

12 Disse Moisés a Arão e aos filhos deste, Eleazar e Itamar, que lhe ficaram: Tomai a oferta de manjares, restante das ofertas queimadas ao Senhor, e comei-a, sem fermento, junto ao altar, porquanto coisa santíssima é. 13 Comê-la-eis em lugar santo, porque isto é a tua porção e a porção de teus filhos, das ofertas queimadas do Senhor; porque assim me foi ordenado. 14 Também o peito da oferta movida e a coxa da oferta comereis em lugar limpo, tu, e teus filhos, e tuas filhas, porque foram dados por tua porção e por porção de teus filhos, dos sacrifícios pacíficos dos filhos de Israel. 15 A coxa da oferta e o peito da oferta movida trarão com as ofertas queimadas de gordura, para mover por oferta movida perante o Senhor, o que será por estatuto perpétuo, para ti e para teus filhos, como o Senhor tem ordenado.

16 Moisés diligentemente buscou o bode da oferta pelo pecado, e eis que já era queimado; portanto, indignando-se grandemente contra Eleazar e contra Itamar, os filhos que de Arão ficaram, disse: 17 Por que não comestes a oferta pelo pecado no lugar santo? Pois coisa santíssima é; e o Senhor a deu a vós outros, para levardes a iniquidade da congregação, para fazerdes expiação por eles diante do Senhor. 18 Eis que desta oferta não foi trazido o seu sangue para dentro do santuário; certamente, devíeis tê-la comido no santuário, como eu tinha ordenado. 19 Respondeu Arão a Moisés: Eis que, hoje, meus filhos ofereceram a sua oferta pelo pecado e o seu holocausto perante o Senhor; e tais coisas me sucederam; se eu, hoje, tivesse comido a oferta pelo pecado, seria isso, porventura, aceito aos olhos do Senhor? 20 O que ouvindo Moisés, deu-se por satisfeito.

1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them. 2 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah. 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah 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. 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die; for the anointing oil of Jehovah is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

8 And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; 11 and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by Moses.

12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meal-offering that remaineth of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy; 13 and ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy portion, and thy sons’ portion, of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: for so I am commanded. 14 And the wave-breast and the heave-thigh shall ye eat in a clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they are given as thy portion, and thy sons’ portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the children of Israel. 15 The heave-thigh and the wave-breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, as a portion for ever; as Jehovah hath commanded.

16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying, 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jehovah? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought into the sanctuary within: ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. 19 And Aaron spake unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah; and there have befallen me such things as these: and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of Jehovah? 20 And when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasing in his sight.

1 Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to his command.

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

3 Moses then said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke of when he said: "'Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.'" Aaron remained silent.

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

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

6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not let your hair become unkempt "and do not tear your clothes, or you will die and the LORD will be angry with the whole community. But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn for those the LORD has destroyed by fire.

7 Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting or you will die, because the LORD's anointing oil is on you." So they did as Moses said.

8 Then the LORD said to Aaron,

9 "You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,

10 so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,

11 and so you can teach the Israelites all the decrees the LORD has given them through Moses."

12 Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, "Take the grain offering left over from the food offerings prepared without yeast and presented to the LORD and eat it beside the altar, for it is most holy.

13 Eat it in the sanctuary area, because it is your share and your sons' share of the food offerings presented to the LORD; for so I have been commanded.

14 But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented. Eat them in a ceremonially clean place; they have been given to you and your children as your share of the Israelites' fellowship offerings.

15 The thigh that was presented and the breast that was waved must be brought with the fat portions of the food offerings, to be waved before the LORD as a wave offering. This will be the perpetual share for you and your children, as the LORD has commanded."

16 When Moses inquired about the goat of the sin offering "and found that it had been burned up, he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons, and asked,

17 "Why didn't you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the community by making atonement for them before the LORD.

18 Since its blood was not taken into the Holy Place, you should have eaten the goat in the sanctuary area, as I commanded."

19 Aaron replied to Moses, "Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD, but such things as this have happened to me. Would the LORD have been pleased if I had eaten the sin offering today?"

20 When Moses heard this, he was satisfied.