Leviticus 10:1

And the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each his censer, and put fire therein, and threw incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which the Lord did not command them,

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And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

In Context

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

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Cross References

Exodus 6:23And Aaron took to himself to wife Elisheba daughter of Amminadab sister of Nahshon, and she bore to him both Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 24:1And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance.

Exodus 27:3And thou shalt make a rim for the altar; and its covering and its cups, and its fleshhooks, and its fire pan, and all its vessels shalt thou make of brass.

Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.

Exodus 30:34And the Lord said to Moses, Take for thyself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be an equal weight of each.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 10:1

The story of this chapter is as sad an interruption to the institutions of the levitical law as that of the golden calf was to the account of the erecting of the tabernacle. Here is, I. The sin and death of Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, ver. 1, 2 . II. The quieting of Aaron under this sore affliction, ver. 3 . III. Orders given and observed about the funeral and mourning, ver. 4-7 . IV. A command to the priests not to drink wine when they went in to minister, ver. 8-11 . V. The care Moses took that they… Read the whole commentary →

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