Transgressors punished.

1   And Nadab, and Abiu the sonnes of Aaron catching censors, did put in fire, and incense therupon, offering before our Lord strange fire: which was not commanded them.

2   And fire comming forth from our Lord, ^note deuoured them, and they dyed before our Lord.

3   And Moyses said to Aaron: This is it which our Lord hath spoken: I wil be sanctified in them, that approch to me, and in the sight of al the people I wil be glorified. Which Aaron hearing held his peace.

4   And Moyses calling Misael, and Elisaphan the sonnes of Oziel, the vncle of Aaron, said to them: Goe and take away your bretheren from the sight of the Sanctuarie, and carie them without the campe.

5   And going forthwith they tooke them as they lay, reuested with linnen tunikes, & did cast them forth, as it had bene commanded them.

6   And Moyses spake to Aaron, & to Eleazar, and Ithamar his sonnes: Vncouer not your heades, and rent not your vestiments, lest perhaps you die, and indignation come vpon al the assemblie. Let your brethren, and al the house of Israel, lament the burning that our Lord hath raised,

7   and your selues shal not goe out of the dore of the tabernacle, otherwise you shal perish: for the oyle of holie vnction is vpon you. Who did al thinges according to the precept of Moyses.

8   Our Lord also said to Aaron:

9   Wine, and anie thing that may make drunke, you shal not drinke, thou and thy sonnes, ^note when you enter into the tabernacle of testimonie, lest you die: because it is an euerlasting precept through your generations.

10   And that you may haue knowledge to discerne betwen the holie and prophane, betwen the polluted and cleane:

11   and may teach the children of Israel al my ordinances, which the Lord hath spoken to them by the hand of Moyses.

12   And Moyses spake to Aaron and to Eleazar, and Ithamar his sonnes, that were left: Take the sacrifice, that is remayning of the oblation of our Lord, and eate it without leauen beside the altar, because it is Holie of holies.

13   And you shal eate it in a holie place: which is giuen to thee and thy sonnes of the oblations of our Lord, as it hath bene commanded me.

14   The brest also that is offered, and the shoulder that is seperated, you shal eate in a most cleane place thou and thy sonnes, and thy daughters with thee. For they are laid apart for thee and thy children, of the healthful hostes of the children of Israel:

15   because the shoulder and the

Transgressors punished. the brest, and the fatte that is burnt on the altar, they haue eleuated before our Lord, and they pertaine to thee, and to thy sonues by a perpetual lawe, as our Lord hath commanded.

16   Among these thinges, when Moyses sought for the bucke goate, that had bene offered for sinne, he found it burnt: and being angrie against Eleazar, and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron that remained, he said:

17   Why did you not eate the hoste for sinne, in a holie place, which is most Holie, and geuen to you, that you may beare the iniquitie of the multitude, and may pray for it in the sight of our Lord,

18   especially wheras of the bloud therof, there hath not bene caried within the holie places, and you ought to haue eaten it in the Sanctuarie, as it was commanded me?

19   Aaron answered: This day hath bene offered the victime for sinne, and the holocaust before our Lord: and to me that is chanced which thou seest. how could I eate it, or please our Lord in ceremonies hauing ^note a sorowful hart?

20   Which when Moyses had heard, he was satisfied with his answere.

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