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Then Moses told Aaron, "Go to the altar and offer sin offerings and whole burnt offerings. Do this to remove your sins and the people's sins so you will belong to God. Offer the sacrifices for the people and perform the acts to remove their sins for them so they will belong to the Lord , as the Lord has commanded."

As they gave him the pieces and head of the burnt offering, Aaron burned them on the altar.

Moses and Aaron went into the Meeting Tent. Then they came out and blessed the people, and the Lord 's glory came to all the people.

Fire came out from the Lord and burned up the burnt offering and fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and bowed facedown on the ground.

Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their pans for burning incense, put fire in them, and added incense; but they did not use the special fire Moses had commanded them to use in the presence of the Lord .

So fire came down from the Lord and destroyed Nadab and Abihu, and they died in front of the Lord .

"Also, you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast and thigh of the fellowship offering that was presented to the Lord . You must eat them in a clean place; they are your share of the fellowship offerings given by the Israelites.

The people must bring the fat from their animals that was part of the offering made by fire, and they must present it to the Lord along with the thigh and the breast of the fellowship offering. They will be the regular share of the offerings for you and your children, as the Lord has commanded."

"Why didn't you eat that goat in a holy place? It is most holy, and the Lord gave it to you to take away the guilt of the people, to remove their sins so they will belong to the Lord .

But Aaron said to Moses, "Today they brought their sin offering and burnt offering before the Lord , but these terrible things have still happened to me! Do you think the Lord would be any happier if I ate the sin offering today?"

"‘Also, these are the birds you are to hate. They are hateful and should not be eaten. You must not eat eagles, vultures, black vultures,

"‘Don't eat insects that have wings and walk on all four feet; they also are to be hated.

"‘But you may eat certain insects that have wings and walk on four feet. You may eat those that have legs with joints above their feet so they can jump.

"‘Some animals have split hoofs, but the hoofs are not completely divided; others do not chew the cud. They are unclean for you, and anyone who touches the dead body of one of these animals will become unclean.

But if you put water on some seeds and a dead, unclean animal falls on them, they are unclean for you.

These teachings help people know the difference between unclean animals and clean animals; they help people know which animals may be eaten and which ones must not be eaten.'"

they help people decide when things are unclean and when they are clean. These are the teachings about all these kinds of diseases.

"‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman and semen comes out, both people must bathe in water; they will be unclean until evening.

"‘So you must warn the people of Israel to stay separated from things that make them unclean. If you don't warn the people, they might make my Holy Tent unclean, and then they would have to die!'"

Then he will offer the bull for the sin offering for himself to remove sins from him and his family so they will belong to the Lord .