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Aaron became the first [[High Priest]] of Israel with the building of the [[Tabernacle]]. Moses returned to Mount Sinai to get new tablets of law to replace those he had broken. When Moses brought these new tablets to the camp, he conveyed the detailed instructions for the collection of materials and the design of the Tabernacle and its furnishings. The people contributed more than enough material, and the Tabernacle and its furnishings were completed before the first month (Abib) of the second year. The most important of these was the [[Ark of the Covenant]], into which Moses deposited the tablets of law.

Aaron became the first [[High Priest]] of Israel with the building of the [[Tabernacle]]. Moses returned to Mount Sinai to get new tablets of law to replace those he had broken. When Moses brought these new tablets to the camp, he conveyed the detailed instructions for the collection of materials and the design of the Tabernacle and its furnishings. The people contributed more than enough material, and the Tabernacle and its furnishings were completed before the first month (Abib) of the second year. The most important of these was the [[Ark of the Covenant]], into which Moses deposited the tablets of law.

Moses consecrated Aaron and his four sons to be the first priests.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Leviticus|chap=8|verses=9-13}}</ref> Unhappily, Aaron's two elder sons, Nadab and Abihu, made a mistake that cost them their lives. By God's command, no one was to burn incense inside the [[Holy Place]] except by using fire from the [[brazen altar]], because God kindled that original fire and gave instructions that the people never allow that fire to go out. But Nadab and Abihu took coals from their own campfires to charge their censers. This "strange fire" was a grave enough offense, but then Nadab and Abihu compounded their outrage by offering the incense in front of the ark of the covenant in the [[Holy of Holies]]. God killed both men instantly. On that day, God made two related laws:

Moses consecrated Aaron and his four sons to be the first priests.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Leviticus|chap=8|verses=9-13}}</ref> Unhappily, Aaron's two elder sons, Nadab and Abihu, made a mistake that cost them their lives. By God's command, no one was to burn incense inside the [[Holy Place]] except by using fire from the brazen altar, because God kindled that original fire and gave instructions that the people never allow that fire to go out. But Nadab and Abihu took coals from their own campfires to charge their censers. This "strange fire" was a grave enough offense, but then Nadab and Abihu compounded their outrage by offering the incense in front of the ark of the covenant in the [[Holy of Holies]]. God killed both men instantly. On that day, God made two related laws:

# No one was ever to come into the Holy Place after drinking wine. Nadab and Abihu had been drinking wine before they gave their tragic demonstration.

# No one was ever to come into the Holy Place after drinking wine. Nadab and Abihu had been drinking wine before they gave their tragic demonstration.