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 awrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel,2 bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled.
7aYou shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, bfor the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
9a“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 adistinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,
11aand 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: a“Take the grain offering that remains of the offerings made by fire to the Lord, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; bfor it is most holy.
13 You shall eat it in a aholy place, because it is your1 due and your sons’ due, of the sacrifices made by fire to the Lord; for bso I have been commanded.
14aThe breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, and your bdaughters with you; for they are your due and your sons’ cdue, which are given from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
15aThe 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 athe 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,
17a“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 bthe guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?
18 See! aIts blood was not brought inside1 the holy place; indeed you should have eaten it in a holy place, bas I commanded.”
19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Look, athis 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, bwould it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?”
LEVITICUS. So called from its treating of the laws relating to the ritual, the services, and sacrifices of the Jewish religion, the superintendence of which was entrusted to the Levitical priesthood. It is chiefly, however, the duties of the priests, "the sons of Aaron," which this book describes; and its claim to be the work of Moses is established by the following passages:— II Chronicles 30:16; Nehemiah 8:14; Jeremiah 7:22-23; Ezekiel 20:11Matthew 8:4; Luke 2:22; John 8:5; Romans 10:4; Romans 13:9; II Corinthians 6:16; Galatians 3:12; I Peter 1:16.
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