Aaron and his sons are consecrated as priests before the congregation of Israel. The ceremony prescribed by God is carried out to the last detail. The offerings and sacrifices are made according to God's commands; and the blood is applied to the altar, the priests and the tabernacle itself. The burnt offerings and sin offerings are made, the blood applied to the tabernacle furniture, and when Aaron and his sons enter the tabernacle - the glory of the Lord appears to His people and their response is to fall down in worshipful adoration and fear.
Almost immediately, someone tries to copy and counterfeit the appropriate worship of God into something that will draw attention to themselves. The judgment and punishment is swift and conclusive - the guilty are executed by the hand of God Himself. Those who desired to mourn the loss of life were commanded not to do so - for the proper mourning would have been for the loss of the display of God's glory.
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