Numbers 26:61

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

In Context

60And, there were born to Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,—Eleazar and Ithamar;

62And they who were numbered of them were found to be—twenty-three thousand, all the males from one month old and upwards—for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:1Then 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.

Numbers 3:4But Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh in the desert of Sinai, and sons, had they none,—so then Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests, in the presence of Aaron their father.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 26:58-63

57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt:… Read the whole commentary →

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