And the LORD spoke unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fire. It was upon this occasion that the feast of expiation (kip Purim) was instituted, to enforce the reverence due to holy things, and particularly to the tabernacle. Hebrew adds, "before the Lord "(Haydock) and does not specify strange fire; but the Chaldean and the Syriac do. (Calmet)
