Numbers 26:61
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.”
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“but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Nadab dieth--Abihu also--in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 26:61 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 10:1Now 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.
- Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
- Numbers 3:4Nadab 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 lifetime of their father Aaron.
- 1 Chronicles 24:1These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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