1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them. 2 Fire came out from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying,

‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me,

and before all the people I will be glorified.’"

Aaron held his peace. 4 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp." 5 So they came near, and carried them in their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said.

6 Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Don’t let the hair of your heads go loose, and don’t tear your clothes, so that you don’t die, and so that he will not be angry with all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled. 7 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you." They did according to the word of Moses. 8 Then Yahweh said to Aaron, 9 "You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 10 You are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean. 11 You are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."

12 Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy; 13 and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons’ portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; for so I am commanded. 14 The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons’ portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel. 15 They shall bring the heaved thigh and the waved breast with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It shall be yours, and your sons’ with you, as a portion forever, as Yahweh has commanded."

16 Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned. He was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying, 17 "Why haven’t you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is most holy, and he has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh? 18 Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded."

19 Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, today they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such things as these have happened to me. If I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing in Yahweh’s sight?"

20 When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.

1 亚伦的儿子拿答和亚比户各拿着自己的香炉， 盛上火， 加上香， 在耶和华面前献上平常的火， 是耶和华没有命令他们献的。

2 那时有火从耶和华面前出来， 把他们烧灭， 他们就死在耶和华面前。

3 于是摩西对亚伦说： "这就是耶和华曾经告诉我们的， 他说： ‘在亲近我的人中， 我要显为圣， 在众人面前， 我要得荣耀。’"亚伦就默然无语。

4 摩西把亚伦叔父乌薛的儿子米沙利和以利撒反召了来， 对他们说： "你们上前来， 把你们的兄弟从圣所前抬到营外去。"

5 于是二人走近来， 照着摩西的吩咐， 把他们连同他们的衣服抬到营外去。

6 摩西对亚伦和他的儿子以利亚撒和以他玛说： "你们不要披头散发， 不可撕裂你们的衣服， 免得你们死亡， 又免得耶和华向全体会众发怒。你们的亲族， 以色列全家， 却要为耶和华所烧死的人哀哭（"要为耶和华......哀哭"或译： "要为耶和华所燃起的焚烧哀哭"）。

7 你们也不可走出会幕的门口， 免得你们死亡， 因为耶和华的膏油在你们身上。"他们就照着摩西的话行。

8 耶和华对亚伦说：

9 "你和你的儿子一起进会幕的时候， 淡酒烈酒都不可喝， 免得你们死亡， 这要作你们世世代代永远的律例；

10 使你们可以把圣的和俗的， 洁净的和不洁净的， 分辨清楚；

11 可以把耶和华借着摩西告诉以色列人的一切律例， 教训他们。"

12 摩西对亚伦和他剩下的儿子以利亚撒和以他玛说： "献给耶和华的火祭中剩下的素祭， 你们要拿来在祭坛旁边作无酵饼吃， 因为这是至圣的。

13 你们要在圣洁的地方吃， 在献与耶和华的火祭中， 这是你和你儿子的分， 因为耶和华是这样吩咐我。

14 至于作摇祭的胸和作举祭的后腿， 你们也要在洁净的地方吃， 你和你的儿女要一起吃， 这是从以色列人献的平安祭中， 给你和你儿子的分。

15 至于作举祭的后腿， 作摇祭的胸， 他们要与火祭的脂肪一同带来， 当作摇祭， 在耶和华面前摇一摇。这都要归给你和与你在一起的儿子， 当作永远的律例， 都是照着耶和华所吩咐的。"

16 那时， 摩西急切地寻找那作赎罪祭的公山羊， 发现已经烧了； 他就向亚伦剩下的儿子以利亚撒和以他玛发怒， 说：

17 "这赎罪祭是至圣的， 耶和华又把祭肉给你们， 要叫你们担当会众的罪孽， 在耶和华面前为他们赎罪， 你们为什么没有在圣洁的地方吃呢？

18 这祭牲的血既然没有带进圣所里去， 你们就应该照着我所吩咐的， 在圣所里吃这祭肉。"

19 亚伦对摩西说： "今天他们在耶和华面前已经献了赎罪祭和燔祭， 而且有这样的灾祸临到我； 如果今天我吃了赎罪祭的祭肉， 耶和华怎能看为美好呢？"

20 摩西听了， 也觉得合理。