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Beside the broad bronze altar in the holy courtyard, Aaron, Eleazar, and Ithamar solemnly eat a modest remaining grain offering as simple unleavened portions from one shared tray. Their priestly garments remain orderly despite grief. Exactly three adult male priests; no daughters, meat, risen bread, feast abundance, blood, bodies, or ordinary camp setting.
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Leviticus 10:12-13

The grain portion beside the altar

Strange Fire and Priestly Grief · Leviticus 10

Story guide: Beside the broad bronze altar in the holy courtyard, Aaron, Eleazar, and Ithamar solemnly eat a modest remaining grain offering as simple unleavened portions from one shared tray. Their priestly garments remain orderly despite grief. Exactly three adult male priests; no daughters, meat, risen bread, feast abundance, blood, bodies, or ordinary camp setting.

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12Then Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his remaining sons: “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings of Yahweh, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, because it is most holy.”

13You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion and the portion of your sons from the food offerings of Yahweh, for so I have been commanded.

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