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Hereupon an affliction befell Aaron, considered as a man and a father,
but was undergone by him with true fortitude; for he had indeed a firmness
of soul in such accidents, and he thought this calamity came upon him according
to God's will: for whereas he had four sons, as I said before, the two
elder of them, Nadab and Abihu, did not bring those sacrifices which Moses
bade them bring, but which they used to offer formerly, and were burnt
to death. Now when the fire rushed upon them, and began to burn them, nobody
could quench it. Accordingly they died in this manner. And Moses bid their
father and their brethren to take up their bodies, to carry them out of
the camp, and to bury them magnificently. Now the multitude lamented them,
and were deeply affected at this their death, which so unexpectedly befell
them. But Moses entreated their brethren and their father not to be troubled
for them, and to prefer the honor of God before their grief about them;
for Aaron had already put on his sacred garments.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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