Leviticus 10:1 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.
Scofield Notes
- Leviticus 10:1Strange fire. Fire "from before the Lord" had kindled upon the altar of burnt-offering the fire which the care of the priests was to keep burning Lev 6:12....
Matthew Henry
- The sin and death of Nadab and AbihuNext to Moses and Aaron, none were more likely to be honourable in Israel than Nadab and Abihu. There is reason to think that they were puffed up with pride,...
Thompson Chains
- AbihuLink 4 of 6 · next Numbers 3:4
- IncenseLink 3 of 11 · next Numbers 4:14
- Sacrilege (2)Starts here · next 1 Samuel 2:17 · 12 links
- Disobedience (2)Link 3 of 9 · next Numbers 14:41
Cross References
- Leviticus 16:12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
- Numbers 26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
- Exodus 24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
- Numbers 16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
- Exodus 6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Exodus 24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
- Exodus 28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
- Leviticus 16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
- Exodus 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
- Exodus 30:1–9 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. …
- Exodus 30:34–36 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: …
- Exodus 31:11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
- Exodus 37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
- Exodus 38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
- Exodus 40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
- Leviticus 22:9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
- Numbers 3:2–4 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. …
- Numbers 16:6–7 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; …
- Numbers 16:16–18 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: …
- Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
- Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Deuteronomy 17:3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
- 1 Kings 13:1–2 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. …
- 2 Chronicles 26:16–20 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. …
- Psalms 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
- Jeremiah 7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
- Jeremiah 19:5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
- Jeremiah 32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
- Jeremiah 44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
- Jeremiah 44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 44:19–21 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? …
- Luke 1:9–11 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. …
- Hebrews 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
- Revelation 8:3–5 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. …
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Topics
- Abihu Death of Abihu
- Afflictions and adversities Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu
- Disobedience to God Of Nadab and Abihu, in offering strange fire
- Incense Offered by Nadab and Abihu in an unauthorized manner
- Judgments Nadab and Abihu
- Minister, Christian Nadab and Abihu
- Miracles The destruction of Nadab and Abihu
- Nadab Offers “strange” (unauthorized) fire to God, and is destroyed
- Presumption Nadab and Abihu
- Resignation Exemplified
- Sacrilege Nadab and Abihu offer “strange” (unauthorized) fire
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- NadabLiberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex 6:23; Num 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as...
- AbihuFather of Him; i.e., “worshipper of God”, the second of the sons of Aaron (Ex 6:23; Num 3:2; Num 26:60; 1 Chr 6:3). Along with his three...
- AaronThe eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of...
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Nadab נָדָב nādāb נָדָב Proper name
- and Abihu וַאֲבִיהוּא waʾăbîhûʾ אֲבִיהוּא Proper name · with and
- the sons בְנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
- of Aaron אַהֲרֹן ʾahărōn אַהֲרוֹן Proper name
- took וַיִּקְחוּ wayyiqḥû לָקַח Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- either אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
- of them his censer מַחְתָּתוֹ maḥtātô מַחְתָּה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- and put וַיִּתְּנוּ wayyittĕnû נָתַן Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- fire אֵשׁ ʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- therein בָהֵן bāhēn הֵן Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine plural
- and put וַיָּשִׂימוּ wayyāśîmû שׂוּם Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- incense עָלֶיהָ ʿālêhā Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular קְטֹרֶת qĕṭōret קְטֹרֶת Noun · feminine singular
- thereon, and offered וַיַּקְרִבוּ wayyaqribû קָרַב Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- strange זָרָה zārâ זוּר Adjective · feminine singular
- fire אֵשׁ ʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition לֹא lōʾ Negative
- the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- which he commanded אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative צִוָּה ṣiwwâ צָוָה Verb · piel perfect, third person masculine singular אֹתָם ʾōtām Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine plural
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