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The Deaths of Nadab and Abihu

10And Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his censer, and they put fire in them and placed incense on it;a thenb they presented beforec Yahweh illegitimate fire, which he had not commanded them. 2Sod fire went out from beforee Yahweh, and it consumed them so thatf they died beforeg Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. aThat is, the fire
  2. bOr “and”
  3. cLiterally “to the faces of”
  4. dOr “And”
  5. eLiterally “from to the faces of”
  6. fOr “and”
  7. gLiterally “to the faces of”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do. Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way, they disobeyed the Lord by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the Lord.

KJV 1900King 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. And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.