Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be [a]sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified: but Aaron held his peace.

And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your [b]brethren from before the Sanctuary out of the host.

Then they went, and carried them in their coats out of the host, as Moses had commanded.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 10:3 I will punish them that serve me otherwise than I have commanded, not sparing the chief, that the people may fear and praise my judgments.
  2. Leviticus 10:4 Or, cousins.

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

“‘Among those who approach me(A)
    I will be proved holy;(B)
in the sight of all the people
    I will be honored.(C)’”

Aaron remained silent.

Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan,(D) sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel,(E) and said to them, “Come here; carry your cousins outside the camp,(F) away from the front of the sanctuary.(G) So they came and carried them, still in their tunics,(H) outside the camp, as Moses ordered.

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