Leviticus 10:2

2 ^aAnd fire came out from the presence of Yahweh and consumed them, and they died before Yahweh.

Leviticus 10:3

3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what Yahweh spoke, saying,

‘By those who ^acome near Me I ¹^bwill be treated as holy,

And before all the people I will ^cbe glorified.’”

So Aaron kept silent.