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.

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

3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his firepan, and they put fire in it, and they put incense on it, and they brought near before the face of YHWH strange fire, which He had not commanded them.
ÅB
Men Arons sønner Nadab og Abihu tok hver sitt ildkar og la ild i dem og la røkelse på ilden og bar fremmed ild inn for Herrens åsyn, som han ikke hadde befalt dem.
OTB
Nadab og Abihu, sønner av Aron, tok hver sin røkelsesskål, la ild i dem og la på røkelse. De bar frem uautorisert ild for Herren, noe Han ikke hadde befalt dem.
B1930
Men Arons sønner Nadab og Abihu tok hver sitt ildkar og la ild i dem og la røkelse på ilden og bar fremmed ild inn for Herrens åsyn, som han ikke hadde befalt dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 26:61

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

    Read in context
  • Deuteronomy 12:32

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

    Read in context
  • Leviticus 16:12

    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.

    Read in context
  • Numbers 16:46

    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.”

    Read in context
  • Exodus 6:23

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

    Read in context
  • Exodus 24:1

    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.

    Read in context
  • Psalms 141:2

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

    Read in context
  • Leviticus 22:9

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

    Read in context