Leviticus 9-10New King James Version (NKJV)
The Priestly Ministry Begins
9 It came to pass on the eighth day that Moses
called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. 2 And
he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull as a sin offering and a ram
as a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before
the Lord. 3 And to the children of Israel you
shall speak, saying, ‘Take a kid of the goats as a sin offering, and a calf and
a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt
offering, 4 also a bull and a ram as peace
offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with
oil; for today the Lord will appear to you.’”
5 So they brought what Moses
commanded before the tabernacle of meeting. And all the congregation drew near
and stood before the Lord. 6 Then Moses said,
“This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to
do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.” 7 And
Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt
offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the
offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as
the Lord commanded.”
8 Aaron therefore went to the altar
and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for
himself. 9 Then the sons of Aaron brought the blood
to him. And he dipped his finger in the blood, put it on the
horns of the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar. 10 But
the fat, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe from the liver of the sin offering he
burned on the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 11 The
flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp.
12 And he killed the burnt offering;
and Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on
the altar. 13 Then they presented the burnt
offering to him, with its pieces and head, and he burned them on
the altar. 14 And he washed the entrails and the
legs, and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.
15 Then he brought the people’s
offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for
the people, and killed it and offered it for sin, like the first one. 16 And
he brought the burnt offering and offered it according to the prescribed
manner. 17 Then he brought the grain offering, took
a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt
sacrifice of the morning.
18 He also killed the bull and the
ram as sacrifices of peace offerings, which were for
the people. And Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all
around on the altar, 19 and the fat from the bull
and the ram—the fatty tail, what covers the entrails and the
kidneys, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver; 20 and
they put the fat on the breasts. Then he burned the fat on the altar; 21 but
the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering
before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.
22 Then Aaron lifted his hand toward
the people, blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, the
burnt offering, and peace offerings. 23 And Moses
and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the
people. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people, 24 and
fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering
and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted
and fell on their faces.
The Profane Fire of Nadab and Abihu
10 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each
took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire
before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 So
fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before
the Lord. 3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is
what the Lord spoke, saying:
‘By those who come near Me
I must be regarded as holy;
And before all the people
I must be glorified.’”
I must be regarded as holy;
And before all the people
I must be glorified.’”
So Aaron held his peace.
4 Then Moses called Mishael and
Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near,
carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.” 5 So
they went near and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had
said.
6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to
Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your heads nor tear your
clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your
brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which
the Lord has kindled. 7 You shall not go
out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing
oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to
the word of Moses.
Conduct Prescribed for Priests
8 Then the Lord spoke to
Aaron, saying: 9 “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 distinguish between
holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean, 11 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: “Take the grain offering that
remains of the offerings made by fire to the Lord, and eat it without
leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy. 13 You
shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your
sons’ due, of the sacrifices made by fire to the Lord; for so I have been
commanded. 14 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 daughters with you; for they are your due and your
sons’ due, which are given from the sacrifices of peace
offerings of the children of Israel. 15 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 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 “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 the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for
them before the Lord? 18 See! Its blood was
not brought inside the holy place;[a] indeed you should have
eaten it in a holy place, as I commanded.”
19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Look,
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, would it have been accepted in the sight of
the Lord?” 20 So when Moses heard that,
he was content.
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