4-5 Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, Aaron’s uncle. He said, “Come. Carry your dead cousins outside the camp, away from the Sanctuary.” They came and carried them off, outside the camp, just as Moses had directed.

6-7 Moses then said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “No mourning rituals for you—unkempt hair, torn clothes—or you’ll also die and God will be angry with the whole congregation. Your relatives—all the People of Israel, in fact—will do the mourning over those God has destroyed by fire. And don’t leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting lest you die, because God’s anointing oil is on you.”

They did just as Moses said.

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So they came and carried them, still in their tunics,(A) outside the camp, as Moses ordered.

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,(B) “Do not let your hair become unkempt[a](C) and do not tear your clothes,(D) or you will die and the Lord will be angry with the whole community.(E) But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn(F) for those the Lord has destroyed by fire. Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting(G) or you will die, because the Lord’s anointing oil(H) is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 10:6 Or Do not uncover your heads