10 Then two of Aharon’s sons, Nadav and Avihu each took their incense-burning pans and put fire in them, and put incense on the fire, thus offering unauthorised fire to Yahweh that he hadn’t instructed them to do. 2 So flames shot out from Yahweh’s front and consumed then so they died there in front of Yahweh. 3 Then Mosheh told Aharon, “That’s what Yahweh meant when he said, ‘I will reveal my holiness to those who approach me, then I’ll be honoured in the sight of all the people.’ ”

4 Then Mosheh summoned Mishael and Elitsafan, the sons of Aharon’s Uncle Uzziyel, and told them, “Come and help by carrying your cousins’ bodies from the sacred place here to a place outside the camp.” 5 So they came and carried the two corpses by their clothes to a place outside the camp just as Mosheh had told them to do.

6 Then Mosheh told Aharon and his sons Eleazar and Itamar, “Don’t leave your hair loose, and don’t tear your clothes, so that you won’t die and so that Yahweh won’t be angry at the entire community. But meanwhile, all the Israelis must mourn because Yahweh was angry enough to burn those two. 7 Also, don’t leave the entrance to the sacred tent, as you might die because you all still have Yahweh’s anointing oil on you.” So they did everything that Mosheh said.