Leviticus 10:2

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

In Context

1And 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,

3And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw nigh to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked in his heart.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:5And they came near and took them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses said.

Numbers 3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.

Numbers 14:37the men that spoke evil reports against the land, even died of the plague before the Lord.

Numbers 16:35And fire went forth from the Lord, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

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

2 Samuel 6:7And the Lord was very angry with Uzzah; and God smote him there: and he died there by the ark of the Lord before God.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 10:2-3

Death of Nadab and Abihu. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 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. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord , and devoured them, and they died before the Lord . Here is, I. The great sin that Nadab and Abihu were guilty of: and a great sin we must call it, how little soever it appears in our eye, because it is evident by the punishment of it that it… Read the whole commentary →

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