Numbers 26:61 “but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before th…”

Numbers 26:61

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And Nadab and Abihu dyed, because they offred strange fire before the Lord.

Darby Translation

And Nadab and Abihu died, when they presented strange fire before Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

and Nadab dieth — Abihu also — in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

Death overtook Nadab and Abihu when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord.

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Cross references

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

Numbers 3:4 Leviticus 10:1 Leviticus 10:2 1 Chronicles 24:1 1 Chronicles 24:2

Numbers 3:4 · BSB

Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the…

Leviticus 10:1 · BSB

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.

Leviticus 10:2 · BSB

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

1 Chronicles 24:1 · BSB

These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:2 · BSB

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

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

In context

60Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,

62The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

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