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So Aaron and his sons did everything that the Lord had commanded Moses.

So all the people came to the Meeting Tent. They all brought the things that Moses had commanded. All the people stood before the Lord .

So Aaron went to the altar. He killed the bull for the sin offering. This sin offering was for himself.

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

Then Moses said to Aaron, "The Lord says, ‘The priests who come near me must respect me. I must be holy to them and to all the people.'" So Aaron did not say anything about his sons dying.

So Mishael and Elzaphan obeyed Moses. They carried the bodies of Nadab and Abihu outside the camp. Nadab and Abihu were still wearing their special woven shirts.

But you must not even leave the entrance of the Meeting Tent. If you leave, you will die because the Lord 's anointing oil is on you." So Aaron, Eleazar, and Ithamar obeyed Moses.

The portion of food for you and your sons will come from the special gifts to the Lord , so you must eat that food in a holy place.

That goat's blood was not brought into the Holy Place. So you should have eaten the meat in the holy area, just as I commanded!"

"Some animals chew the cud, but they don't have split hooves. Don't eat these animals. Camels, rock badgers, and rabbits are like that, so they are unclean for you.

Other animals have hooves that are split into two parts, but they don't chew the cud. Don't eat these animals. Pigs are like that, so they are unclean for you.

But you must not eat anything that lives in the sea or in a river and does not have fins and scales. Just the thought of eating such a creature should make you sick. This will never change. So don't ever eat meat from anything like that. Don't even touch its dead body!

But you may eat insects if they have legs with joints above their feet so that they can jump.

because I am the Lord your God. I am holy, so you should keep yourselves holy. Don't make yourselves unclean with these crawling things.

I, the Lord , brought you out of Egypt so that you could be my special people and I could be your God. I am holy, so you must be holy too."

"A man might begin to lose the hair on his head. It is only baldness, so he is clean.

"A poor person might not be able to afford all these offerings. So that poor person can use one male lamb as a guilt offering. It will be presented to God so that the priest can make that person pure. The poor person must take 8 cups of fine flour mixed with oil. This flour will be used for a grain offering. The poor person must also take 2/3 of a pint of olive oil

"On the eighth day, that person will bring these things to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. These things will be offered before the Lord so that the person can become clean.

Then the priest must come in and check the house. If the infection has spread in the house, it is a disease that spreads quickly to other places. So the house is unclean.

"So you must warn the Israelites about being unclean. If you don't warn the people, they might make my Holy Tent unclean. And then they would have to die!"