Leviticus, 9

1. During this time Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers and, strewing incense on the fire they had put in them, they offered up before the LORD profane fire, such as he had not authorized.

1. On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;

2. Fire therefore came forth from the LORD'S presence and consumed them, so that they died in his presence.

2. he said to Aaron, 'Take a calf to offer a sacrifice for sin, and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and bring them before Yahweh.

3. Moses then said to Aaron, "This is as the LORD said: Through those who approach me I will manifest my sacredness; In the sight of all the people I will reveal my glory." But Aaron said nothing.

3. Then say to the Israelites, "Take a goat to be offered as a sacrifice for sin, a calf and a lamb one year old (both without blemish) for a burnt offering,

4. Then Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel, with the order, "Come, remove your kinsmen from the sanctuary and carry them to a place outside the camp."

4. a bull and a ram for communion sacrifices to be slaughtered before Yahweh, and a cereal offering mixed with oil. For Yahweh will appear to you today." '

5. So they went in and took them, in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had commanded.

5. They brought what Moses had ordered in front of the Tent of Meeting; then the whole community approached and stood before Yahweh.

6. Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not bare your heads or tear your garments, lest you bring not only death on yourselves but God's wrath also on the whole community. Your kinsmen, the rest of the house of Israel, shall mourn for those whom the LORD'S fire has smitten;

6. Moses then said, 'This is what Yahweh has ordered you to do, so that his glory may be visible to you.'

7. but do not you go beyond the entry of the meeting tent, else you shall die; for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." So they did as Moses told them.

7. Moses then addressed Aaron, 'Go to the altar and offer your sacrifice for sin and your burnt offering, and so perform the rite of expiation for yourself and your family. Then present the people's offering and perform the rite of expiation for them, as Yahweh has ordered.'

8. The LORD said to Aaron,

8. Aaron went to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sacrifice for his own sin.

9. "When you are to go to the meeting tent, you and your sons are forbidden under pain of death, by a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations, to drink any wine or strong drink.

9. Aaron's sons then presented the blood to him; he dipped his finger in it and put some on the horns of the altar, and then poured the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar.

10. You must be able to distinguish between what is sacred and what is profane, between what is clean and what is unclean;

10. The fat of the sacrifice for sin and the kidneys and the mass of fat over the liver he burned on the altar, as Yahweh had ordered Moses,

11. you must teach the Israelites all the laws that the LORD has given them through Moses."

11. and the meat and the skin he burned outside the camp.

12. Moses said to Aaron and his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, "Take the cereal offering left over from the oblations of the LORD, and eat it beside the altar in the form of unleavened cakes. Since it is most sacred,

12. He then slaughtered the burnt offering; Aaron's sons then handed him the blood, which he poured all around the altar.

13. you must eat it in a sacred place. This is your due from the oblations of the LORD, and that of your sons; such is the command I have received.

13. They then handed him the quartered victim and the head, and he burned these on the altar.

14. With your sons and daughters you shall also eat the breast of the wave offering and the leg of the raised offering, in a clean place; for these have been assigned to you and your children as your due from the peace offerings of the Israelites.

14. He then washed the entrails and shins and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

15. The leg of the raised offering and the breast of the wave offering shall first be brought in with the oblations, the fatty portions, that are to be waved as a wave offering before the LORD. Then they shall belong to you and your children by a perpetual ordinance, as the LORD has commanded."

15. He then presented the people's offering. He took the goat for the people's sacrifice for sin, slaughtered it, and made a sacrifice for sin with it in the same way as with the first.

16. When Moses inquired about the goat of the sin offering, he discovered that it had all been burned. So he was angry with the surviving sons of Aaron, Eleazar and Ithamar, and said,

16. He then had the burnt offering brought forward and proceeded according to the ritual.

17. "Why did you not eat the sin offering in the sacred place, since it is most sacred? It has been given to you that you might bear the guilt of the community and make atonement for them before the LORD.

17. He then had the cereal offering brought forward, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning burnt offering.

18. If its blood was not brought into the inmost part of the sanctuary, you should certainly have eaten the offering in the sanctuary, in keeping with the command I had received."

18. Then he slaughtered the bull and the ram as a communion sacrifice for the people. Aaron's sons handed him the blood and he poured it all around the altar.

19. Aaron answered Moses, "Even though they presented their sin offering and holocaust before the LORD today, yet this misfortune has befallen me. Had I then eaten of the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing to the LORD?"

19. The fat of the bull and the ram, the tail, the covering fat, the kidneys, the mass of fat over the liver,

20. On hearing this, Moses was satisfied.

20. he placed on the ribs and then burned on the altar.

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21. With the ribs and the right thigh Aaron made the gesture of offering as Yahweh had ordered Moses.

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22. Aaron then raised his hands towards the people and blessed them. Having thus performed the sacrifice for sin, the burnt offering and the communion sacrifice, he came down

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23. and entered the Tent of Meeting with Moses. Then they came out together to bless the people and the glory of Yahweh appeared to the entire people:

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24. a flame leapt out from Yahweh's presence and consumed the burnt offering and fat on the altar. At this sight the entire people shouted for joy and fell on their faces.