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Leviticus 10:2

Then came there forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed them,—and they died before Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, took each man his censer and placed therein fire, and put thereon incense,—and brought near before Yahweh strange fire, which he had not commanded them.

3Then said Moses unto Aaron—The very thing, that Yahweh spake, saying—In them that draw near to me, must I be hallowed, And before the faces of all the people, must I get myself honour,—And Aaron, was dumb.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:5So they drew near and bare them away, in their tunics, unto the outside of the camp,—as spake Moses.

Numbers 3:3These, are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed,—who were installed to minister as priests.

Numbers 14:37they died—the men who gave out an evil rumour of the land,—by the plague, before Yahweh.

Numbers 16:35Fire also came forth, from Yahweh,—and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.

Numbers 26:61But Nadab and Abihu died,—when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh:

2 Samuel 6:7Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh, against Uzzah, and God smote him there, for the error,—so that he died there, by 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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