Leviticus 10:1 “Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them…”

Leviticus 10:1

Now 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But Nadab and Abihu, the sonnes of Aaron, tooke either of them his censor, and put fire therein, and put incense thereupon, and offred strange fire before the Lord, which hee had not commanded them.

Darby Translation

And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and presented strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.

Young's Literal Translation

And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, take each his censer, and put in them fire, and put on it perfume, and bring near before Jehovah strange fire, which He hath not commanded them;

Bible in Basic English

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.

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Cross references

“Nadab”

Numbers 26:61 Exodus 6:23 Exodus 24:1 Leviticus 22:9 Exodus 24:9 Exodus 28:1

Numbers 26:61 · BSB

but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.

Exodus 6:23 · BSB

And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 24:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

Leviticus 22:9 · BSB

The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Exodus 24:9 · BSB

Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

Exodus 28:1 · BSB

“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

“censer”

Leviticus 16:12 Numbers 16:46 Exodus 27:3 Exodus 38:3 Hebrews 9:4 Numbers 16:6

Leviticus 16:12 · BSB

Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

Numbers 16:46 · BSB

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

Exodus 27:3 · BSB

Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

Exodus 38:3 · BSB

He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.

Hebrews 9:4 · BSB

containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Numbers 16:6 · BSB

You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,

“put incense”

Psalm 141:2 2 Chronicles 26:16–20 Revelation 8:3–5 Exodus 30:1–9 Exodus 30:34–36 Exodus 37:29

Psalm 141:2 · BSB

May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

2 Chronicles 26:16–20 · BSB

But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Revelation 8:3–5 · BSB

Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

Exodus 30:1–9 · BSB

“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

Exodus 30:34–36 · BSB

The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

Exodus 37:29 · BSB

He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

“strange”

Leviticus 9:24 Numbers 16:18

Leviticus 9:24 · BSB

Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

Numbers 16:18 · BSB

So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

“which”

Deuteronomy 12:32 Deuteronomy 4:2 Deuteronomy 17:3 Jeremiah 7:31 Jeremiah 19:5 Jeremiah 32:35

Deuteronomy 12:32 · BSB

See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

Deuteronomy 4:2 · BSB

You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

Deuteronomy 17:3 · BSB

and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

Jeremiah 7:31 · BSB

They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

Jeremiah 19:5 · BSB

They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.

Jeremiah 32:35 · BSB

They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should com…

Also

Numbers 3:2–4

Numbers 3:2–4 · BSB

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2So 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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