So they came near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, (A)“Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and (B)wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled. (C)And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, (D)for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

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

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,(B) “Do not let your hair become unkempt[a](C) and do not tear your clothes,(D) or you will die and the Lord will be angry with the whole community.(E) But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn(F) for those the Lord has destroyed by fire. Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting(G) or you will die, because the Lord’s anointing oil(H) is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 10:6 Or Do not uncover your heads