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Sober service · Teaching holiness Every step opens the verse it rests on.

BeginningBefore entering the tent of meeting, priests must serve with clear judgment.“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever… — Leviticus 10:8–9 · WEB

In the commentaryNadab and Abihu

Follow the LORD’s charge to Aaron

1 Serve soberly

No wine or strong drink

Do not drink before serviceDo not drink wine or strong drink when entering the tent of meeting, lest you die.“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever… — Leviticus 10:8–9 · WEB

In the commentaryNadab and Abihu

2 Discern rightly

Holy · common · clean · unclean

Make the distinctionDistinguish between holy and common, and between clean and unclean.You are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean. — Leviticus 10:10 · WEB

In the commentaryNadab and Abihu

3 Teach Israel

All the statutes

Pass on the instructionTeach the people of Israel all the statutes the LORD has spoken through Moses.You are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses.” — Leviticus 10:11 · WEB

In the commentaryNadab and Abihu

Serve with clarity; teach holinessYou are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses.” — Leviticus 10:10–11 · WEB

In the commentaryNadab and Abihu

The order of these steps is adapted from the Torah flowcharts published by OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.