Leviticus 10 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

Lev 10:1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.

Lev 10:2

Lev 10:2And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.

Lev 10:3

Lev 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.

Lev 10:4

Lev 10:4And Moses sent for Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron's father, and said to them, Come near and take your brothers away from before the holy place, outside the tent-circle.

Lev 10:5

Lev 10:5So they came and took them, in their coats, outside the tent-circle, as Moses had said.

Lev 10:6

Lev 10:6And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, Do not let your hair be loose, and give no signs of grief; so that death may not overtake you, and his wrath come on all the people; but let there be weeping among your brothers and all the house of Israel for this burning of the Lord's fire.

Lev 10:7

Lev 10:7And do not go out from the door of the Tent of meeting, or death will come to you; for the holy oil of the Lord is on you. And they did as Moses said.

Lev 10:8

Lev 10:8And the Lord said to Aaron:

Lev 10:9

Lev 10:9Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your generations.

Lev 10:10

Lev 10:10And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

Lev 10:11

Lev 10:11Teaching the children of Israel all the laws which the Lord has given them by the hand of Moses.

Lev 10:12

Lev 10:12And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were still living, Take the rest of the meal offering from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and take it for your food, without leaven, at the side of the altar, for it is most holy.

Lev 10:13

Lev 10:13It is to be for your food in a holy place, because it is your right and your sons' right, from the offerings of the Lord made by fire: for so am I ordered.

Lev 10:14

Lev 10:14And the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, you are to take as your food in a clean place; you and your sons and your daughters with you: for they are given to you as your right and your sons' right, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.

Lev 10:15

Lev 10:15Let them take the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, with the fat of the burned offering, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord; and this will be for you and for your sons with you, for a right for ever, as the Lord has given orders.

Lev 10:16

Lev 10:16And Moses was looking for the goat of the sin-offering, but it was burned; and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, who were still living, saying,

Lev 10:17

Lev 10:17Why did you not make a meal of the sin-offering in the holy place? For it is most holy and he has given it to you, so that the sin of the people may be put on it, to take away their sin before the Lord.

Lev 10:18

Lev 10:18See, its blood was not taken into the holy place: certainly it was right for you to have taken it as food in the holy place, as I gave orders.

Lev 10:19

Lev 10:19And Aaron said to Moses, You have seen that today they have made their sin-offering and their burned offering before the Lord, and such things as these have come on me. If I had taken the sin-offering as food today, would it have been pleasing to the Lord?

Lev 10:20

Lev 10:20And after hearing this, Moses was no longer angry.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Leviticus 10 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

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