Thematic Bible




Leviticus 10:1 (show verse)

And Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took his censer, and they put fire in them and placed incense on it; then they presented {before} Yahweh illegitimate fire, which he had not commanded them.

Leviticus 10:2 (show verse)

So fire went out {from before} Yahweh, and it consumed them so that they died {before} Yahweh.

Leviticus 10:3 (show verse)

Therefore Moses said to Aaron, "This [is] what Yahweh spoke, saying, 'Among those who are close to me I will show myself holy, and {in the presence of} all the people I will display my glory.'" So Aaron was silent.

Leviticus 10:4 (show verse)

Then Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel, Aaron's uncle, and he said to them, "Come forward. Carry your brothers from {the front of} the sanctuary to {outside the camp}."

Leviticus 10:5 (show verse)

So they came forward, and they carried them {outside the camp} in their tunics, just as Moses had ordered.

Leviticus 10:6 (show verse)

Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "You must not let your hair hang loosely, and you must not tear your garments, so that you will not die and he will be angry with all the community. But your brothers, all the house of Israel, may weep [because of] {the burning that Yahweh caused},

Leviticus 10:7 (show verse)

but you must not go out from [the] entrance to [the] tent of assembly lest you die, because Yahweh's anointing oil [is] on you." So they did according to Moses' word.

Leviticus 10:8 (show verse)

Then Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,

Leviticus 10:9 (show verse)

"You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to [the] tent of assembly, so that you will not die--[it is] a lasting statute for your generations--

Leviticus 10:10 (show verse)

and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, as well as between the unclean and the clean,

Leviticus 10:11 (show verse)

and to teach the {Israelites} all the rules that Yahweh has spoken to them {through} Moses."

Leviticus 10:12 (show verse)

Then Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "[As for] the remaining [parts], take the remainder [of] the grain offering from Yahweh's offerings made by fire and eat it, [the] unleavened bread, beside the altar, because it [is] {a most holy thing}.

Leviticus 10:13 (show verse)

And you shall eat it in a holy place, because it [is] your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from Yahweh's offerings made by fire, for so I have been commanded.

Leviticus 10:14 (show verse)

And the wave offering's breast section and the upper thigh of the contribution [offering] you must eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you, because they are given [as] your allotted portion and your sons' allotted portion from the sacrifices of the {Israelites}' fellowship offerings.

Leviticus 10:15 (show verse)

They must bring the thigh of the contribution [offering] and the breast section of the wave offering in addition to the offerings made by fire, [consisting] of the fat portions, to wave as a wave offering {before} Yahweh; and it will be for you and for your sons with you as a lasting rule, [just] as Yahweh had commanded."

Leviticus 10:16 (show verse)

Then Moses sought all over [for] the goat of the sin offering and behold, it was burned up. So he was angry with Aaron's remaining sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,

Leviticus 10:17 (show verse)

"Why did you not eat the sin offering on the sanctuary's site, because it [is] {a most holy thing}? And he gave it to you to remove the community's guilt, to make atonement for them {before} Yahweh.

Leviticus 10:18 (show verse)

Look, its blood was not brought {inside the sanctuary}. Certainly you should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded."

Leviticus 10:19 (show verse)

So Aaron said to Moses, "Look, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering {before} Yahweh, and [things] such as these have happened to me, and [if] I were to eat a sin offering today, would it have been good in Yahweh's eyes?"

Leviticus 10:20 (show verse)

When Moses heard, it was good in his eyes.