Numbers 26:61
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61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.
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Leviticus 10:1-2
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Chapter 10
Nadab and Abihu. 1 [a]Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers and, putting incense on the fire they had set in them,(A) they offered before the Lord unauthorized fire, such as he had not commanded. 2 Fire therefore came forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed them,(B) so that they died in the Lord’s presence.
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- 10:1–2 Nadab and Abihu are the older sons of Aaron (Ex 6:23–24). Their sin apparently involves using embers from an unapproved source instead of the altar (cf. 16:12). The fire that destroys them is the same type found in 9:24.
1 Chronicles 24:2
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2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father, leaving no sons; therefore only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.(A)
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