⁹ ‘They shall therefore keep ^(A)My ^[a]ordinance, ^(B)lest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profane it: I the Lord sanctify them.

⁴³ They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near ^(A)the altar to minister in the holy place, that they ^(B)do not incur ^[a]iniquity and die. ^(C)It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.

³² And you shall ^(A)bear no sin because of it, when you have lifted up the best of it. But you shall not ^(B)profane the holy gifts of the children of Israel, lest you die.’ ”

^22 (A)Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, ^(B)lest they bear sin and die.

¹⁶ or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings; for I the Lord sanctify them.’ ”

² and the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother ^(A)not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for ^(B)I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

The Profane Fire of Nadab and Abihu

10 Then ^(A)Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, ^(B)each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered ^(C)profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. ² So ^(D)fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.