Exo 27:1-8, 30:1-7, Lev 1:5, 7-9, Lev 8-10, Lev 21-22, Num 16:16-50 | ESV | STEP | You shall make the altar of acacia wood , five cubits long and five cubits broad . The altar shall be square , and its height shall be three cubits .

1 “You shall make the ^aaltar of acacia wood, five cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 And you shall make ^chorns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and ^dyou shall overlay it with bronze. 3 You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and ^eforks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. 4 You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. 5 And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. 6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7 And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. 8 You shall make it hollow, with boards. ^fAs it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.

Exodus 30:1-7

The Altar of Incense

1 ^g“You shall make ^han altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 A cubit ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. ^jIts horns shall be of one piece with it. 3 You shall ^koverlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. 4 And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be ^lholders for poles with which to carry it. 5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the ^mmercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 And Aaron shall ⁿburn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he ^odresses the lamps he shall burn it,

Leviticus 1:5

5 Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood ^pand throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 1:7-9

7 and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and ^qarrange wood on the fire. 8 And Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar; 9 but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as ^ra burnt offering, a food offering ^{▼▼Or an offering by fire; so throughout Leviticus} with a ^tpleasing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 8

Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

1 ^uThe Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and ^vthe garments and ^wthe anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread. 3 And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” 4 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

5 And Moses said to the congregation, ^x“This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done.” 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7 And he put ^ythe coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band. ^{▼▼Hebrew with it} 8 And he placed the breastpiece on him, and ^aain the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he set ^abthe turban on his head, and ^acon the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.

10 ^adThen Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. 11 And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them. 12 And ^aehe poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. 13 And Moses brought Aaron’s sons and clothed them with coats and tied sashes around their waists and bound caps on them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

14 Then he brought ^afthe bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons ^aglaid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. 15 And he ^{▼▼Probably Aaron or his representative; possibly Moses; also verses 16–23} killed it, and ^aiMoses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it. 16 ^ajAnd he took all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. 17 But ^akthe bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.

18 ^alThen he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. 20 He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned ^amthe head and the pieces and the fat. 21 He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering for the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

22 Then ^anhe presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23 And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and ^aoput it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 24 Then he presented Aaron’s sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. 25 Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat and the right thigh, 26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh. 27 And he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord. 28 Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 29 And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, as the Lord commanded Moses.

30 Then ^apMoses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons’ garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ 32 And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire. 33 And you shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for it ^aqwill take seven days to ordain you. 34 As has been done today, the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. 35 At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has ^archarged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.” 36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord commanded by Moses.

Leviticus 9

The Lord Accepts Aaron’s Offering

1 ^asOn the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, 2 and he said to Aaron, ^at“Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and ^aua ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. 3 And say to the people of Israel, ^av‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering, 4 and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and ^awa grain offering mixed with oil, for ^axtoday the Lord will appear to you.’” 5 And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. 6 And Moses said, “This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.” 7 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and ^ayoffer your sin offering and your burnt offering and ^azmake atonement for yourself and for the people, and bring the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.”

8 So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9 ^baAnd the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^bbput it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar. 10 ^bcBut the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, ^bdas the Lord commanded Moses. 11 ^beThe flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.

12 Then he killed the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he ^bfthrew it against the sides of the altar. 13 ^bgAnd they handed the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14 ^bhAnd he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

15 ^biThen he presented the people’s offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and ^bjoffered it as a sin offering, ^bklike the first one. 16 And he presented the burnt offering and offered it ^blaccording to the ^bmrule. 17 And he presented the ^bngrain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, ^bobesides the burnt offering of the morning.

18 Then he killed the ox and the ram, ^bpthe sacrifice of peace offerings for the people. And Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar. 19 But the fat pieces of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers ^bqthe entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver— 20 they put the fat pieces on the breasts, ^brand he burned the fat pieces on the altar, 21 but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved ^bsfor a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.

22 Then Aaron ^btlifted up his hands toward the people and ^bublessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and ^bvthe glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24 And ^bwfire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, ^bxthey shouted and ^byfell on their faces.

Leviticus 10

The Death of Nadab and Abihu

1 Now ^bzNadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, ^caeach took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered ^cbunauthorized ^{▼▼Or strange} fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. 2 And fire ^cdcame out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among ^cethose who are near me ^cfI will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” ^cgAnd Aaron held his peace.

4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of ^chUzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near; carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary and out of the camp.” 5 So they came near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, ^ci“Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and ^cjwrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled. 7 ^ckAnd do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, ^clfor the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

8 And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, 9 ^cm“Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 10 You are to ^cndistinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, 11 and ^coyou are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by Moses.”

12 Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his surviving sons: “Take the ^cpgrain offering that is left of the Lord’s food offerings, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for ^cqit is most holy. 13 You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons’ due, from the Lord’s food offerings, for ^crso I am commanded. 14 But the ^csbreast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed you shall eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you, for they are given as your due and your sons’ due from the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the people of Israel. 15 ^ctThe thigh that is contributed and the breast that is waved they shall bring with the food offerings of the fat pieces to wave for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be yours and your sons’ with you as a due forever, as the Lord has commanded.”

16 Now Moses diligently inquired about ^cuthe goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned up! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, saying, 17 ^cv“Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since ^cwit is a thing most holy and has been given to you that you may bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord? 18 Behold, ^cxits blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, ^cyas I commanded.” 19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, ^cztoday they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and yet such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, ^dawould the Lord have approved?” 20 And when Moses heard that, he approved.

Leviticus 21

Holiness and the Priests

1 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ^dbNo one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people, 2 except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 3 or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean). 4 He shall not make himself unclean as a husband among his people and so profane himself. 5 ^dcThey shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body. 6 They shall be holy to their God and ^ddnot profane the name of their God. For they offer the Lord’s food offerings, ^dethe bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy. 7 ^dfThey shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman ^dgdivorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. 8 You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for ^dhI, the Lord, who sanctify you, ^diam holy. 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; ^djshe shall be burned with fire.

10 ^dk“The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, ^dlshall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes. 11 He shall not ^dmgo in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother. 12 ^dnHe shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he ^doprofane the sanctuary of his God, for the ^dpconsecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ^{▼▼Or a young wife} 14 A widow, ^dror a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin ^{▼▼Hebrew young woman} of his own people, 15 that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for ^dtI am the Lord who sanctifies him.”

16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may ^duapproach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man ^dvblind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face ^dwor a limb too long, 19 or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand, 20 or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a ^dxdefect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or ^dycrushed testicles. 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to ^dzoffer the Lord’s food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. 22 He may eat the bread of his God, both of ^eathe most holy and of the ^ebholy things, 23 but he shall not go through the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not ^ecprofane my sanctuaries, ^edfor I am the Lord who sanctifies them.” 24 So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.

Leviticus 22

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they ^eeabstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they ^efdedicate to me, so that they do not ^egprofane my holy name: I am the Lord. 3 Say to them, ‘If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while ^ehhe has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord. 4 None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a ^eidischarge may eat of the holy things ^ejuntil he is clean. ^ekWhoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or ^ela man who has had an emission of semen, 5 and ^emwhoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or ^ena person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be— 6 the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has ^eobathed his body in water. 7 When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because ^epthey are his food. 8 ^eqHe shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the Lord.’ 9 They shall therefore keep my charge, ^erlest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: ^esI am the Lord who sanctifies them.

10 ^et“A lay person shall not eat of a holy thing; no foreign guest of the priest or hired worker shall eat of a holy thing, 11 but if a priest buys a slave ^{▼▼Or servant; twice in this verse} as his property for money, the slave ^{▼▼Hebrew he} may eat of it, and ^ewanyone born in his house may eat of his food. 12 If a priest’s daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things. 13 But if a priest’s daughter is widowed or divorced and has no child and ^exreturns to her father’s house, ^eyas in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; yet no lay person shall eat of it. 14 ^ezAnd if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add ^fathe fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest. 15 They ^fbshall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the Lord, 16 and so cause them ^fcto bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: ^fdfor I am the Lord who sanctifies them.”

Acceptable Offerings

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, ^feWhen any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the Lord, 19 if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a ^ffmale without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats. 20 ^fgYou shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. 21 And when anyone ^fhoffers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord ^fito fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it. 22 Animals ^fjblind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or ^fkan itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food ^floffering on the altar. 23 You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part ^fmtoo long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. 24 Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the Lord; you shall not do it within your land, 25 neither shall you offer as ^fnthe bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a ^foblemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you.”

26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 ^fp“When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the Lord. 28 But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep ^fqand her young in one day. 29 And when you sacrifice a ^frsacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. 30 It shall be eaten on the same day; ^fsyou shall leave none of it until morning: I am the Lord.

31 ^ft“So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord. 32 ^fuAnd you shall not profane my holy name, that ^fvI may be sanctified among the people of Israel. ^fwI am the Lord who sanctifies you, 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt ^fxto be your God: I am the Lord.”

Numbers 16:16-50

16 And Moses said to Korah, “Be present, you and all your company, ^fybefore the Lord, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. 17 And ^fzlet every one of you take his censer and put incense on it, and every one of you bring before the Lord his censer, ^ga250 censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.” 18 So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19 Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ^gbAnd the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.

20 And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21 ^gc“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them ^gdin a moment.” 22 And they ^gefell on their faces and said, “O God, ^gfthe God of the spirits of all flesh, ^ggshall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?” 23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

25 Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, ^gh“Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.” 27 So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood ^giat the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones. 28 And Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been ^gjof my own accord. 29 If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, ^gkthen the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord creates something new, and ^glthe ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they ^gmgo down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”

31 ^gnAnd as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart. 32 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and ^goall the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods. 33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and ^gpthey perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!” 35 And ^gqfire came out from the Lord and consumed ^grthe 250 men offering the incense.

36 ^{▼▼Ch 17:1 in Hebrew} Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 37 “Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy. 38 As for the censers of ^gtthese men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord, and they became holy. ^guThus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.” 39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar, 40 to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so ^gvthat no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company—as the Lord said to him through Moses.

41 But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel ^gwgrumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.” 42 And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, ^gxthe cloud covered it, and ^gythe glory of the Lord appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting, 44 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 ^gz“Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” ^haAnd they fell on their faces. 46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for ^hbwrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.” 47 So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living, and ^hcthe plague was stopped. 49 Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, ^hdbesides those who died in the affair of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.