Editing Nadab and Abihu (section)

===Burial===
After the death of Nadab and Abihu, Moses dictated what was to be done with their bodies. He told [[List of minor biblical figures, L-Z#Mishael|Mishael]] and [[Elzaphan]], the sons of [[Uzziel]], Aaron's, his own and their sister Miriam's uncle, to carry the bodies away from the sanctuary to a place outside of the camp. He specified for Mishael and Elzaphan to be careful to only touch Nadab and Abihu's tunics, and not their bodies.<ref>{{bible|Leviticus|10:4-5}}</ref> The first concerns in burial were to prevent what is holy from being defiled and the service of God from being disrupted.<ref name="auto1">Leviticus 10. Dummelow, J.R. ed., The One Volume Bible Commentary. The Macmillan Company, 1950. Page 91.</ref> The corpses had to be removed immediately, because to allow the uncleanliness of the bodies to remain in the sanctuary could invoke God's wrath again.<ref name="auto"/> The bodies were lifted up "by their tunics"<ref>{{bible|Leviticus|10:5}}</ref> to avoid direct physical contact. This did not prevent the carriers from becoming ritually unclean, but lessened the time and procedures needed to restore them to ritual purity.<ref name="auto2">Leviticus 10. Clarke, Adam. Commentary on the Holy Bible. Beacon Hill Press, 1967. Page 160.</ref>