וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֡ן וּלְאֶלְעָזָר֩ וּלְאִֽיתָמָ֨ר ׀ בָּנָ֜יו רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֥ם אַל־תִּפְרָ֣עוּ ׀ וּבִגְדֵיכֶ֤ם לֹֽא־תִפְרֹ֙מוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א תָמֻ֔תוּ וְעַ֥ל כָּל־הָעֵדָ֖ה יִקְצֹ֑ף וַאֲחֵיכֶם֙ כָּל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִבְכּוּ֙ אֶת־הַשְּׂרֵפָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר שָׂרַ֥ף יְהוָֽה׃
Musa berkata kepada Harun serta kepada Eleazar dan Itamar, putra-putranya: “Janganlah kamu membiarkan rambut kepalamu tumbuh panjang tak terpangkas, dan janganlah kamu mengoyakkan pakaianmu, supaya kamu tidak mati dan supaya Ia tidak murka terhadap seluruh umat. Biarlah saudara-saudaramu, seluruh kaum Israel, yang menangisi api pembakaran yang telah dinyalakan oleh Yang Mahakekal.
Zohar
For so we have learnt, that Abihu was equal to his two brothers Eleazar and Ithamar, and Nadab to all together, and Nadab and Abihu were reckoned as equal to the seventy elders who were associated with Moses; and therefore their death was an atonement for Israel.