⁴ Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan,^(A) sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel,^(B) and said to them, “Come here; carry your cousins outside the camp,^(C) away from the front of the sanctuary.^(D)”

⁶ Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,^(A) “Do not let your hair become unkempt^[a](B) and do not tear your clothes,^(C) or you will die and the Lord will be angry with the whole community.^(D) But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn^(E) for those the Lord has destroyed by fire.

⁴ Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the Lord^(A) when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai.^(B) They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar^(C) served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.^(D)