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,  ‡

17 ^a“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?  ‡

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?”  ‡

20 So when Moses heard that, he was content.