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Aaron teaches Eleazar and Ithamar at the sanctuary entrance. An untouched sealed wine jar and drinking cup sit outside the threshold, while inside the court he points between clean sanctuary vessels and common camp vessels, teaching an attentive group of adult Israelites. Show abstinence and discernment through placement and gesture; no drinking, intoxication, text labels, animals, blood, death, or visible deity.
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Leviticus 10:8-11

Clear judgment for holy service

Strange Fire and Priestly Grief · Leviticus 10

Story guide: Aaron teaches Eleazar and Ithamar at the sanctuary entrance. An untouched sealed wine jar and drinking cup sit outside the threshold, while inside the court he points between clean sanctuary vessels and common camp vessels, teaching an attentive group of adult Israelites. Show abstinence and discernment through placement and gesture; no drinking, intoxication, text labels, animals, blood, death, or visible deity.

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8And Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,

9You and your sons with you shall not drink wine or strong drink when you enter the tent of meeting, lest you die. It is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

10to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,

11and to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes that Yahweh has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.

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