A strong theme from #shemini, #leviticus 9:1-11:47:

Lev 8:1-36 {s} Consecration of the tabernacle and priesthood
Lev 9:1-10:7 {p} Offerings on the 8th day / Nadab, Abihu consumed

Lev 8:1-36 is not part of this week’s parashah, but it is part of the strong theme which concludes with Lev 9:1-10:7. As I was meditating on how these two paragraphs are connected, and why God considers Lev 8:1-36 and Lev 9:1-10:7 facets of the same topic, I realized that just as the ceremony consecrated Aaron and his sons into the priesthood, so the fire that went out from YHVH, consuming Nadab and Abihu, consecrated the priesthood. It eliminated the dross from the sons of Aaron. Nadab and Abihu did not sufficiently regard the holiness of YHVH whom they were serving.
The end result was, the fear of YHVH, the beginning of wisdom, came upon the Aaronic priesthood, which preserved both YHVH’s instructions as He gave them, and the lives of the priests.