Laws for Burnt Offerings

1 The Lord called Moses and spoke to him ^afrom the tent of meeting, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.

3 “If his offering is a ^bburnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male ^cwithout blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 He shall ^dlay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5 Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and ^ethrow the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 6 Then he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces, 7 and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. 8 And Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar; 9 but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food offering¹ with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

The Death of Nadab and Abihu

1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each ^ttook his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered ^uunauthorized¹ fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. 2 And ^vfire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are ^wnear me ^xI will be sanctified, and before all the people ^yI will be glorified.’” And Aaron held his peace.