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Numbers 26:61

AbihuNadab

59 and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

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

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

62 The 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.

63 These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

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BSB
but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
KJV
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
WEB
Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
ASV
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.
DARBY
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they presented strange fire before Jehovah.
BLB
And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the face of YHWH.
ÅB
men Nadab og Abihu døde dengang de bar fremmed ild inn for Herrens åsyn.
OTB
Men Nadab og Abihu døde da de ofret uautorisert ild for Herren.
B1930
men Nadab og Abihu døde dengang de bar fremmed ild inn for Herrens åsyn.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 3:4

    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 lifetime of their father Aaron.

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  • Leviticus 10:1–2

    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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 24:1–2

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

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