Numbers 3:4

And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.

In Context

3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they + 3:3 Gr. accomplished their hands to minister: according to the Hebrew idiom, filled their hands.consecrated to the priesthood.

5And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:2and fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

Numbers 26:61And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:2-14

The Separation of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in Mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord , when they offered strange fire before the Lord , in the wilderness of Sinai, and… Read the whole commentary →

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