The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

10 Now ^(A)Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective ^(B)firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on ^[a]the fire and offered ^[b]strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. ^2 (C)And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. ³ Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,

So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

⁴ Moses called also to ^(G)Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to an area outside of the camp.” ⁵ So they came forward and carried them, still in their ^(H)tunics, to an area outside the camp, just as Moses had said. ⁶ Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “^(I)Do not ^[d]uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you do not die and He does not ^(J)become wrathful against all the congregation. But your ^[e]kinsmen, the entire house of Israel, shall weep for the burning which the Lord has ^[f]brought about. ⁷ You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for ^(K)the Lord’s anointing oil is upon you.” So they did according to the word of Moses.