Leviticus 10:2

So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:5So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.

Numbers 3:3These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

Numbers 14:37those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.

Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

Numbers 26:61but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:7And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of 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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