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Arons söner dör i eld

10 Men Arons söner Nadav och Avihu tog var sitt fyrfat, lade eld i dem och rökelse på elden och frambar otillåten eld inför Herren, en eld som han inte hade befallt. Därför kom eld ner från Herren och förtärde dem så att de dog inför Herren. Då sa Mose till Aron: ”Detta är vad Herren menade när han sa:

’Jag ska visa mig helig bland dem
    som söker mig och står mig nära,
och jag ska förhärligas inför allt folket.’ ”

Aron sa inte ett enda ord.

Mose skickade sedan efter Mishael och Elsafan, söner till Arons farbror Ussiel, och sa till dem: ”Gå och hämta era kusiner från helgedomen och bär ut dem utanför lägret.”

De gick då och hämtade dem och bar ut dem utanför lägret i deras tunikor, så som Mose hade befallt.

Mose sa sedan till Aron och hans söner Elasar och Itamar: ”Låt inte ert hår vara okammat och riv inte sönder era kläder[a] för att ni inte ska dö och hela folket drabbas av vrede. Men era släktingar och alla andra i Israel kan sörja dem som elden från Herren förbrände. Men ni får inte lämna ingången till uppenbarelsetältet för då kommer ni att straffas med döden för ni är smorda med Herrens smörjelseolja.”

De gjorde precis som Mose hade befallt.

Sedan sa Herren till Aron: ”Du och dina söner ska aldrig dricka vin eller starka drycker när ni går in i uppenbarelsetältet, för då kommer ni att dö. Den regeln ska vara oföränderlig och gälla från generation till generation 10 för att ni ska kunna skilja mellan heligt och oheligt, rent och orent 11 och kunna undervisa israeliterna om de lagar som Herren gett genom Mose.”

12 Sedan sa Mose till Aron och de av hans söner som fanns kvar i livet, Elasar och Itamar: ”Ta vad som är kvar av matoffret när en handfull av det har blivit bränt på altaret åt Herren. Ät det osyrat vid altaret. Offret är högheligt. 13 Därför måste ni äta det på en helig plats. Den delen av eldoffret till Herren tillhör er och era söner för det har jag fått befallning om. 14 Men bringan som har lyfts upp och låret som getts till Herren kan ätas på vilken ren plats som helst. De tillfaller dig och dina söner och döttrar som er del av israeliternas gemenskapsoffer.

15 Låret som gavs ska tillsammans med bringan som lyftes upp som offer bäras fram tillsammans med fettet från eldoffret och lyftas fram inför Herren som ett lyftoffer. Sedan tillfaller det dig och dina barn som er andel för all framtid för det har Herren befallt.”

16 Sedan letade Mose efter bocken till syndoffret och upptäckte att den hade blivit uppbränd. Då blev han vred på Elasar och Itamar, Arons återstående söner och sa: 17 ”Varför har ni inte ätit upp syndoffret på den heliga platsen? Offret är högheligt, och det har getts till er för att ta bort menighetens skuld och skaffa försoning för dem inför Herren. 18 Eftersom blodet inte fördes in i helgedomens inre, skulle ni ha ätit köttet på helig plats som jag befallde er.”

19 Men Aron sa till Mose: ”De offrade sitt syndoffer och sitt brännoffer inför Herren och mig har det hänt som har hänt. Skulle det ha behagat Herren om jag hade ätit syndoffret på en sådan här dag?”

20 När Mose hörde detta lät han sig nöja.

Footnotes

  1. 10:6 Okammat hår och sönderrivna kläder var tecken på sorg.

The Death of Nadab and Abihu

10 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu(A) took their censers,(B) put fire in them(C) and added incense;(D) and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord,(E) contrary to his command.(F) So fire came out(G) from the presence of the Lord and consumed them,(H) and they died before the Lord.(I) Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

“‘Among those who approach me(J)
    I will be proved holy;(K)
in the sight of all the people
    I will be honored.(L)’”

Aaron remained silent.

Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan,(M) sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel,(N) and said to them, “Come here; carry your cousins outside the camp,(O) away from the front of the sanctuary.(P) So they came and carried them, still in their tunics,(Q) outside the camp, as Moses ordered.

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

Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You and your sons are not to drink wine(Y) or other fermented drink(Z) whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance(AA) for the generations to come, 10 so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,(AB) 11 and so you can teach(AC) the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them through Moses.(AD)

12 Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering(AE) left over from the food offerings prepared without yeast and presented to the Lord and eat it beside the altar,(AF) for it is most holy. 13 Eat it in the sanctuary area,(AG) because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings presented to the Lord; for so I have been commanded.(AH) 14 But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast(AI) that was waved and the thigh that was presented. Eat them in a ceremonially clean place;(AJ) they have been given to you and your children as your share of the Israelites’ fellowship offerings. 15 The thigh(AK) 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.(AL) 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[b](AM) 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(AN) in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt(AO) of the community by making atonement for them before the Lord. 18 Since its blood was not taken into the Holy Place,(AP) you should have eaten the goat in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.(AQ)

19 Aaron replied to Moses, “Today they sacrificed their sin offering and their burnt offering(AR) 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.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 10:6 Or Do not uncover your heads
  2. Leviticus 10:16 Or purification offering; also in verses 17 and 19

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. So (D)fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:

‘By those (E)who come near Me
I must be regarded as holy;
And before all the people
I must be glorified.’ ”

So Aaron held his peace.

Then Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near, (F)carry your brethren from [a]before the sanctuary out of the camp.” So they went near and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said.

And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not [b]uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and (G)wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, [c]bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled. (H)You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, (I)for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

Conduct Prescribed for Priests

Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying: (J)“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, 10 that you may (K)distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean, 11 (L)and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”

12 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left: (M)“Take the grain offering that remains of the offerings made by fire to the Lord, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; (N)for it is most holy. 13 You shall eat it in a (O)holy place, because it is your [d]due and your sons’ due, of the sacrifices made by fire to the Lord; for (P)so I have been commanded. 14 (Q)The breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, and your (R)daughters with you; for they are your due and your sons’ (S)due, which are given from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. 15 (T)The thigh of the heave offering and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring with the offerings of fat made by fire, to offer as a wave offering before the Lord. And it shall be yours and your sons’ with you, by a statute forever, as the Lord has commanded.”

16 Then Moses made careful inquiry about (U)the goat of the sin offering, and there it was—burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying, 17 (V)“Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear (W)the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? 18 See! (X)Its blood was not brought inside [e]the holy place; indeed you should have eaten it in a holy place, (Y)as I commanded.”

19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Look, (Z)this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and such things have befallen me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, (AA)would it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?” 20 So when Moses heard that, he was content.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 10:4 in front of
  2. Leviticus 10:6 An act of mourning
  3. Leviticus 10:6 weep bitterly
  4. Leviticus 10:13 portion
  5. Leviticus 10:18 The Most Holy Place when capitalized