Numbers 3:4
Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord's presence when they offered forbidden fire before the Lord in the Sinai desert. Since they didn't have any sons, Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests while their father Aaron was alive.
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3These were the names of Aaron's sons who were anointed and ordained to serve as priests.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:2Fire came out from the Lord's presence and burned them up. They died in the Lord's presence.
Numbers 26:61but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered forbidden fire in the Lord's presence.
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 →