²⁴ The Lord replied, “Go down and bring Aaron^(A) up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to the Lord, or he will break out against them.”^(B)

⁵ Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings^(A) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings^(B) to the Lord.

³ Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

Aaron remained silent.

⁶ They must be holy to their God^(A) and must not profane the name of their God.^(B) Because they present the food offerings to the Lord,^(C) the food of their God,^(D) they are to be holy.^(E)

⁷ “‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands,^(F) because priests are holy to their God.^{(G) 8} Regard them as holy,^(H) because they offer up the food of your God.^(I) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.^(J)