And Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer... And they died before G-d (10:1-2)
Bar Kappara said in the name of Rabbi Jeremiah ben Elazar: Aaron's sons died on account of four things: for drawing near,
for offering, for the strange fire, and for not having taken counsel
from each other. "For drawing near"--because they entered into the
innermost precincts of the Sanctuary. "For offering"--because they
offered a sacrifice which they had not been commanded to offer. "For the
strange fire"--they brought in fire from the kitchen. "And for not
having taken counsel from each other"--as it says, "Each of them his
censer," implying that they acted each on his own initiative, not taking
counsel from one another.
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