Leviticus 10:3-11

New Life Version

³ Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when He said, ‘I will show Myself holy among those who are near Me. I will be honored in front of all the people.’” And Aaron said nothing. ⁴ Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron’s father. He said to them, “Come, carry your brothers away from the holy place and away from the tents.” ⁵ So they came and carried them in their coats away from the tents, as Moses had said. ⁶ Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not take the covering off your heads and do not tear your clothes, so you will not die and God will not be angry with all the people. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, will cry in sorrow because of the burning the Lord has done. ⁷ Do not even go out the door of the meeting tent, so you will not die. For the holy oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did what Moses said.

How the Religious Leaders Were to Act

⁸ The Lord said to Aaron, ⁹ “Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you come into the meeting tent, so you will not die. It is a Law forever for all your people. ¹⁰ You are to know the difference between what is holy and what is not, and between what is clean and what is not. ¹¹ You are to teach the people of Israel all the Laws which the Lord has told them by Moses.”