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Numbers 3:3-5
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Numbers 3:3-5
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3 Aaron anointed them, and he gave authority to them to work as priests. 4 But Nadab and Abihu fell down and died in front of the Lord. That happened when they offered strange fire to the Lord in the Sinai desert.[a] They had no children. So only Eleazar and Ithamar worked as priests while their father Aaron was alive.
The Levites help the priests
5 Then the Lord said to Moses,
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- 3:4 We are not sure what ‘strange fire’ was. But we know that it was something wrong that did not please God.
Numbers 3:3-5
New International Version
Numbers 3:3-5
New International Version
3 Those were the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests,(A) who were ordained to serve as priests. 4 Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the Lord(B) when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai.(C) They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar(D) served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.(E)
5 The Lord said to Moses,
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