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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.

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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.

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקְח֣וּvai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947 →
בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[the] sons ofH1121 →
אַ֠הֲרֹן'A.ha.ronAaronH175 →
נָדָ֨בna.DavNadabH5070 →
וַאֲבִיה֜וּאva.'a.vi.Hu'and AbihuH30 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376 →
מַחְתָּת֗וֹmach.ta.Tocenser hisH4289 →
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּvai.yi.te.Nuand they putH5414 →
בָהֵן֙va.Henin <the> them
אֵ֔שׁ'EshfireH784 →
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּvai.ya.Si.muand they placedH7760 →
עָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →
קְטֹ֑רֶתke.To.retincenseH7004 →
וַיַּקְרִ֜בוּvai.yak.Ri.vuand they presentedH7126 →
לִפְנֵ֤יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵ֣שׁ'eshfireH784 →
זָרָ֔הza.RahstrangeH2114 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹ֦אlo'notH3808 →
צִוָּ֖הtzi.Vahhe had commandedH6680 →
אֹתָֽם׃'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →

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Numbers 26:61but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.Leviticus 16:12Then 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.Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.Numbers 16:46Moses 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.”Exodus 24:1Then 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.Exodus 6:23And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.Exodus 30:9On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.Leviticus 22:9The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.Exodus 28:1“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.Exodus 24:9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,2 Chronicles 26:16–20But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.Leviticus 16:1Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.1 Chronicles 6:3The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Revelation 8:3–5Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.Exodus 27:3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.Leviticus 9:24Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.Numbers 16:6You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,

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Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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