³ Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

Aaron remained silent.

⁴ 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)” ⁵ So they came and carried them, still in their tunics,^(H) outside the camp, as Moses ordered.

⁶ Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar,^(I) “Do not let your hair become unkempt^[a](J) and do not tear your clothes,^(K) or you will die and the Lord will be angry with the whole community.^(L) But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn^(M) for those the Lord has destroyed by fire. ⁷ Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting^(N) or you will die, because the Lord’s anointing oil^(O) is on you.” So they did as Moses said.

⁸ Then the Lord said to Aaron, ⁹ “You and your sons are not to drink wine^(P) or other fermented drink^(Q) whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance^(R) for the generations to come, ¹⁰ so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,^{(S) 11} and so you can teach^(T) the Israelites all the decrees the Lord has given them through Moses.^(U)”

⁶ They must be holy to their God^(A) and must not profane the name of their God.^(B) Because they present the food offerings to the Lord,^(C) the food of their God,^(D) they are to be holy.^(E)

⁹ Isn’t it enough^(A) for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the Lord’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?^(B)

¹⁰ He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.^(A)

³⁵ I will raise up for myself a faithful priest,^(A) who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed^(B) one always.